FCA celebrates Black History Month

November 01, 2011

FCA celebrated Black History Month on Friday 28th October 2011 with a special event at the Faversham office in Kent for foster carers and young people.

Black history and foster care

A selection of FCA’s Kent foster carers representing all ethnicities attended the event, along with their birth children and looked after young people.

The day included a range of children’s activities led by Team Support Worker, Zoe Smith, including Caribbean smoothie making, African mask designing, black culture quizzes and a few games of hula hoop and limbo!

There was also a variety of Caribbean food laid out and different types of music from the black culture playing. FCA Team Manager, Collis Munroe-Parchment, put on a presentation about Black History Month, sharing recipes and general information about different cultures.

Recruiting BME foster carers

FCA is committed to celebrating Black History Month every October as part of our strong culture of equality and diversity, recruiting black and minority ethnic (BME) foster carers and supporting black foster care.

With fair policies both in our recruitment practices and in our interactions with foster carers and young people of all ethnicities, including black foster carers, FCA promotes:

Race and ethnicity in foster care
Religion and belief in foster care
BME foster carer recruitment
Support of children’s unique cultural needs

At FCA, our approach to foster care dictates that, wherever possible, we will match children and young people with foster carers of their own culture. For instance, black children will be placed with any local available black foster carers.

However, we also provide foster carer training to encourage our foster carers to meet any unique cultural needs of children and young people, such as diet and religious practices, regardless of their own cultural identity.

Find out more about black foster care

Find out more about race and ethnicity and black foster care recruitment:

To speak to one of our dedicated Fostering Advisors about fostering with FCA, call us today on 0800 023 4561 or enquire online.

Foster Care Associates Limited, Registered Company in England and Wales

Registered Office: Malvern View, Saxon Business Park, Hanbury Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 4AD

Company Registration Number: 04322806

Foster Care Associates is part of the Core Assets Group, an international
provider of social care solutions for individuals and organisations.

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