West Dorset Living Aug - Sep 2021

Could
you be a
brilliant
Foster
Carer like
Kayleigh?
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Kayleigh left her career
in banking and is now
fostering a 15-yearold
girl. She decided
to change direction
and become a highly
valued Foster Carer for
Dorset Council because
she wanted to make a
difference and
help others.
Kayleigh said: “This is literally the
happiest I’ve ever been. I’ve gained
another family member for life. My
foster daughter has integrated so well,
she is a good kid and just needed a
fresh start.”
Dorset Council urgently needs to find
more brilliant foster carers for Dorset
teenagers.
Could you care for a Dorset teenager,
so they can stay at their school with
their friends?
Dorset Council is looking for more local
foster carers, as without them more
young people from Dorset will have to
leave their school, their friends, their
families and everything they know and
be looked after far away.
Please find out more about joining our
highly valued family of foster carers.
Visit fosterindorset.com and register
an interest.
Kayleigh, who has a four-year-old
daughter, has never looked back, she
said: “I’m so glad I made the decision
to become a Foster Carer. I enquired
because I wanted to spend more time
with my daughter and make a difference
to a young person’s life.
“My foster daughter is part of the family,
she and my daughter call each other
sisters and they have a great relationship.
Of course, it hasn’t all been easy. We’ve
been together a year now and there have
been some challenges along the way. But
over the past year my foster daughter
has become so much more confident, I’m
“My foster daughter is part of the
family, she and my daughter call
each other sisters and they have a
great relationship.”
proud of her and how she has managed
everything. I haven’t looked back since
I started fostering. It’s been the best
choice I’ve ever made. Dorset Council
provides support, it is paid, and I have
enjoyed meeting other carers.”
We welcome enquiries from people
from all walks of life
Dorset Council’s Foster Carers come
from a wide range of cultures, ages and
ethnic groups. We’d love more enquiries
from people from all backgrounds, people
who are single, LGBTQ+, retired, in a civil
partnership, living together, have pets,
rent their homes and so on! All you need
is love, energy and a spare room.
Great support and allowances of up to
£590 a week
Dorset Council provides support, training
and fostering allowances of up to £590 a
week, depending on a child’s needs.
Dorset teenagers desperately need more
people like Kayleigh, and perhaps you, to
take good care of them. Please find out
more and register an enquiry today at:
fosterindorset.com or call
01305 225568 for a chat about fostering.
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