News & Events

Please see below articles for the latest news and events at Lorimer Foster Services.

Voice in a Million

We are proud to be sponsoring 'Voice in a Million' which is a record breaking project pioneered by Classic Media Group and in association with BAAF. The project is to record an album consiting of one million children's voices all singing in harmony; to reach the one million record-breaking target there will be a series of events throughout the UK starting with a concert at the O2 arena on 28th January, where 4,000 children will be singing to an audience of approx 12,000. A series of events will then take place in Shefiield, Liverpool, Nottingham, Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle and Cardiff arenas with different children singing at each event.

The aim is to raise awareness of all the children who have suffered abuse, neglect and abandonment in thier lives. It's for those children who need a new family to care for them.

'Voice in a Million' has a strong backing from a whole heap of celebrities such as Sir Elton John, Sinitta and Rolf Harris plus many more. Some of the stars from the X Factor paid a visit to the children whilst they were holding a rehersal session; Lloyd Daniels, Jamie Archer and Danyl Johnson created quite a stir when they popped into the sudios to see the children:

The first three singles, recorded by soloists from the Voice in a Million choir, have now been recorded and the promotional videos have been released; to view these videos you can visit the Voice in a Million page on You Tube: www.youtube.com/VoiceInAMillion.

The tracks will be available worldwide from www.voiceinamillion.com or iTunes and all good download storeson 9th November 2009.

Sons and Daughters Week

Lorimer Foster Services are celebrating Sons and Daughters week by sending out cards to say a big THANK YOU to all the sons and daughters of our foster carers. We recognise that they all put in alot of hardwork and support to help with the smooth placement of fostered children coming into their home but never quite get the appreciation that they deserve. It is hard having to share your parents and siblings time with strangers, but all of our carers birth children have played just as big a part in changing the foster child's life as their parents have, and we just want them to know that we really do value their contributions.

The Fostering Network have pioneered the campaign to raise awareness of the hardwork that Sons and Daughters do. Suggs, who is the lead singer of Madness, Radio DJ and TV presenter, is the son of a foster carer and he said:

“As my mother has been a foster carer for many years, I know what a difference fostering makes to children’s lives. While she is an inspiration to me and has helped so many children who’ve had a tough start in life, it is also important to recognise the role the rest of the family plays, particularly a foster carers’ own children. They take on responsibilities too and should get all the help and support they need. I hope Sons and Daughters Week is a great success and encourages everyone to recognise and value the contribution they make.”

THANK YOU AND KEEP GOING!!

Easter 09 Competition

This year we thought we would get creative! So we decided to hold an Easter competition for all the young people in our care and also for the birth children of our Foster Carers and boy did they not disappoint! Check out some of our entries:

Aren't they good! All the entries we had this year were of very high quality and they must have taken a long time and a lot of effort to make, so thank you to everyone who entered....WELL DONE!

The winner of the competition was a young gentleman who produced an outstanding Easter Bonnet and we all thought that he was a deserved winner of the gift voucher, WELL DONE to him:

Family Wanted Event

Lorimer Foster Services teamed up with the BBC to promote theincreasing need for fostering and adoption families nationally.

The whole campaign comprised of a 5 part series of the 'Family Wanted' documentary, relevant story lines in Casualty, various TV appeals, radio broadcasts, celebrity endorsements, on-line activity, phone helpline, text service and local events.

We joined the BBC at two of their national events in September 2007; one at Broughton Hall High School in Liverpool and the other event was held at the Urbis Museum in Manchester. Although the events were not well attended by the public we found them very successful as we gained new foster carers from them!

Our stands were manned by both staff and foster carers, we found this to be a very valuable tool as our carers could speak to the public first hand and provide them with an insight as to what fostering teenagers is really like!