Call for greater foster care investment in the North

The British government is being urged to pump an extra £28.5m (€42.3m) into foster care services in the North.

Mon, 19 Sep, 2005 - 16:50

The British government is being urged to pump an extra £28.5m (€42.3m) into foster care services in the North.

The money is needed to recruit hundreds more foster carers and retain those already operating, said the Fostering Network and the British Association for Adoption & Fostering.

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Courts Heathrow Place: North Place: Stormont Place: Northern Ireland Person: Robert Tapsfield Person: Felicity Collier Person: Collier Person: Cecil Worthington Person: Chairman Organisation: British Government Organisation: Fostering Network Organisation: British Association for Adoption & Fostering Organisation: BAAF Organisation: Association of Directors of Social Services

<p>Health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said she had asked for additional time to be given to the scoping exercise. Picture: Marc O’Sullivan</p>

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