Fostering in Nottinghamshire

🫶 Come along to the upcoming Lego based therapy workshop for parents and carers of children and young people with additional needs.

📍 Wednesday 24 June, Ashwood Centre Kirkby-In-Ashfield NG17 7AB, 10am to 1pm.

Led by Nottinghamshire Educational Psychology Service, the workshop covers:
🤔 What Lego based therapy is
🗨️ How it supports communication and social skills
🏡 Ideas to try at home
👨‍👦 Hands-on Lego activities
❓ Opportunities for questions and discussions

It's free to attend , with resources provided and you can book on using the email address in the first comment ⤵️

🚌 There’s just a few weeks left to apply for your school travel assistance!

The deadline for school travel assistance applications for the new academic year in September is 30 June 2026. If you apply after this time, we cannot guarantee that your application will be processed in time for September.

If you have applied previously and haven’t had a change in circumstances, such as moving home or your child moving schools, you do not need to reapply.

If you’ve moved home or your child has moved school since your previous application, you will need to reapply and be reassessed.

Our website pages have a lot of helpful information about eligibility and how to apply and you can find them using the link in the comments. 👇

It takes a community to raise a child and right now, our community is needed more than ever.

Across the East Midlands, local councils are urgently looking for foster carers to help keep children close to:
🏫 Their schools
👫 Their friends
🏡 Their communities

When you foster, you’re not doing it alone.

You become part of a wider community that includes:
🤝 Social workers
👨‍👩‍👧 Other foster carers
💬 Ongoing support and guidance

Together, we can make sure no child feels alone or far from home.

One community. One safe home. One life changed.

Could you be part of it?

Your local authority will support you every step of the way, contact Foster for East Midlands Councils, call 03033 132950 or visit https://fosterforeastmidlands.org.uk/

📻 One of our awesome foster carers, Zoe, was on BBC Radio Nottingham this morning alongside Councillor Rory Green, Cabinet Member for Children and Families

They spoke about Foster Care’s Got Talent and the amazing impact fostering has on the lives of children across the county.

You can listen to the interviews on BBC Sounds (linked in the comments):

1 hour 19 minutes - Zoe's interview
1 hour 53 minutes - Cllr Green's interview

Water safety begins at home. 🏡💦

Supporting , the Royal Life Saving Society UK - RLSS UK water safety campaign which raises awareness of simple garden water safety tips to help protect babies and young children from drowning.

Discover how to reduce water risks in your garden: www.rlss.org.uk/splash-safely-at-home.

⚠️ Urgent warning for parents from Nottinghamshire Trading Standards ⚠️

❌ Please do not microwave squishy toys!

A dangerous social media trend is urging children to put silicone squishy toys in the microwave, to make them softer and more pliable. Please don’t let them do it.

‼️ The toys get dangerously hot inside, even though they remain cool on the outside. If squeezed they can explode, spraying boiling gel and leading to severe burns, hospital admissions, and lasting scars.

🗣️ Please talk to children about these risks and share this message to keep others safe.