TEWKESBURY News
Tewkesbury MP gets facts on foster care
3:53pm Monday 20th February 2012
TEWKESBURY MP, Laurence Robertson, got the facts on foster care on a recent visit to Staunton based fostering agency Community Foster Care.
Mr Robertson met Chief Executive, Becky Pearson, and her team at the social enterprise which has foster carers across Gloucestershire, Swindon, Wiltshire and Cumbria.
Afterwards, Mr Robertson said: “I was very impressed by this successful Gloucestershire social enterprise which recruits, trains and supports foster carers.
“Community Foster Care’s ethos and extremely high standards ensure that the children being looking after by their team of foster carers really are helped to live happy and successful lives.
“This not-for-profit organisation shows how social enterprise business models can be used successfully in the health and social care sector with their strong emphasis on standards of care and quality of training and support.”
Community Foster Care is the only fostering agency in the UK to be awarded the nationally-recognised Social Enterprise Mark.
Becky Pearson said: “This was a great opportunity to help Mr Robertson understand more about the many serious issues affecting looked-after children.
“We were also able to explain how, as a charity and social enterprise, we put any surplus we make into improving services so the children and young people placed with us reach their potential.”