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Caritas Fostering Open Day – 21 May
Caritas Fostering is having an Open Day on Monday 21 May from 10am to 7pm to celebrate Foster Care Fortnight. Anyone interested in learning more about fostering is free to come along and ask questions, listen to speakers and chat with existing carers.
20 minute talks about what Fostering is like today will occur at 11am, 2pm, 4:30pm and 6:30pm. There will be snacks and refreshments throughout the day, including a children’s area for parents!
Caritas features in the Independent on Sunday
If you picked up the Independent on Sunday and turned to page 6 & 7 this weekend, you will have seen a large article titled Generation Less: Cuts are hitting young people hardest.
In it, Eileen Leyland, 20, tells the paper how much being a resident at Caritas’s Bolton Mother and Baby Unit has meant to her and her daughter, Tiegan. With the Bolton Unit facing an uncertain future after a 100% cut of our council grant, and our Manchester Unit, Marillac closing its doors in March due to a loss of funding, women like Eileen will struggle to obtain the parenting and life skills they need. Read more...
Make a Difference to Foster Children!
Caritas carries on the Fostering work of Catholic Children’s Rescue Society and we secure Foster Parents for disadvantaged children in the North West.
Please help these children by completing this online survey – it only takes 10 minutes and you could win a £100 voucher to M&S!
www.surveymonkey.com/s/fostering-attitudes
It’s a small way to help, but it really does make a difference. Thank you for your support!
-The Fostering Team
Join Team Caritas for the Great Manchester 10K!
Caritas still has charity places in the Great Manchester 10K run (20 May) and they’re going fast! If you want to join Team Caritas, please download and return the entry form below via post. Read more...
Caritas Announces Service Closure
CARITAS Announces CLOSURE and Major Change of Direction for BOLTON and MANCHESTER SUPPORTED ACCOMMODATION UNITS for HOMELESS MOTHERS and Their CHILDREN Due to LOCAL AUTHORITY FUNDING CUTS
The Caritas supported accommodation units in Manchester and Bolton for young (16-25) homeless mothers and their children, will be drastically changing at the start of the next financial year due to funding cuts from both councils. The Manchester Unit, known locally as Marillac House, will close completely and the Bolton Unit will change the type of services delivered, sizing down the accommodation provision. Read more...
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