Could you help a child learn to trust again? Barnardo’s appeal for fosterers in Leeds as more children are placed in care.

By Sally Burton

Published 28th Jan 2020, 17:00 BST

A Leeds woman who has become a foster carer describes it as the best job she has had, and as demand for fosterers surges, she urges others to step forward and try it, as numbers of children needing supportive homes continue to rise.

Nationally, the figure of children in care is approaching 80,000.

A new Barnardo’s survey reveals that 84 percent of their foster carers say they do so because they want to make a difference to the lives of such children.