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Ever thought about becoming a foster carer? Or a full time foster carer? Join a lively chat with experienced foster carers and the Barnardo's fostering team in these free online events.

Would you like to know more about short breaks fostering with Barnardo's? Then join us for a lively discussion with two short breaks foster carers and their Barnardo's social worker. We will discuss what short breaks fostering is and why this support service is so essential.

Learn about fostering with us, the kinds of foster care we offer and hear about the support you can expect. Together we can change lives.

Learn about therapeutic parenting and how it can support children who are fostered or adopted.

It's Foster Care Fortnight! Come along and meet the team and some of our foster carers and adopters at our office in Belfast. There's nothing like meeting people who have been through the process already - and this is a great chance to pop in, ask questions and get a sense of how we might support you on your journey.

We need foster carers and adopters from all walks of life so that when a child comes to our service, we can find the right family for them. Could it be you?

Join us for this online information session on meeting the needs of children from diverse backgrounds.

Join us for this informal chat with one of our LGBT+ foster carers where we discuss what fostering with Barnardo's has been like for them.

Join us for this informative discussion on long term fostering vs adoption

Parent and child foster placements can help keep families together. Join us to learn more about this specialised fostering support from a Barnardo's parent-and-child foster carer and one of the mothers she has helped.

It's Foster Care Fortnight! Meet the Barnardo's NI Fostering team and hear directly from our foster carers as we discuss what it is like to foster with us.

In this virtual discussion we will be talking to foster carers who foster siblings together.