Health board urgently seeks foster carers as numbers fall

A CAMPAIGN to urgently find new foster carers was launched by the East Coast Area Health Board (ECAHB) yesterday as numbers fall throughout the country.

The campaign entitled Could you Change the Life of a Child or Adolescent?” hopes to increase the pool of foster carers.

The Irish Foster Care Association said that the number of foster families is continuing to fall nationwide and health boards have been forced for the first time to advertise for carers.