Join Wandsworth in celebrating foster parents during Foster Care Fortnight, launching across the UK today.

An annual campaign hosted by the Fostering Network to highlight the transformative impact of foster care on children's lives, Foster Care Fortnight will be marked by events across Wandsworth in the coming weeks.

The council's fostering team will be out around the borough providing information and answering questions at the following locations:

• Wednesday 17th May - Waitrose supermarket, Balham
• Thursday 18th May - Southside Shopping Centre, Wandsworth (outside H&M)
• Friday 19th May - ASDA supermarket, Clapham Junction
• Monday 22nd May - Southside Shopping Centre, Wandsworth (outside H&M)
• Tuesday 23rd May - Sainsburys supermarket, Nine Elms
• Thursday 25th May - Putney Exchange Shopping Centre
• Friday 26th May - Putney Exchange Shopping centre

You can attend a fostering recruitment information event at Wandsworth Town Hall on 16th May from 10am-11.30pm and 25th May from 6pm to 8pm. Go to the Marble Hall Reception and wait to be collected.

If you can't attend in person, you can join online. Meeting ID is 330 491 227 703 and Passcode is bjhX9z

Local people are also invited to join the team and local foster parents on a Foster Walk around Battersea Park on Saturday (May 20). Meet at the Bandstand just before 11am.

Kate Stock, cabinet member for children, said: "Foster parents make a real difference by giving a child a secure, stable, supporting home. Please come along to one of the events to find out if a career as a foster parent is for you."

Wandsworth foster parents receive full support, remuneration and training. If you can't make any of the events, you can contact the team in the following ways:

• Online
• Call freephone 0808 175 3327
• Email: [email protected]