New film thanking foster carers for ‘Everything’ they do to change lives

Interested residents and others are being encouraged to watch the short film to find inspiration and see how becoming a foster carer can forever change the lives of others and guide them from an unstable childhood towards a brighter future.

Councillor Kate Lymer, Executive Councillor for Children, Education and Families said, “’Everything’ is an extremely moving showcase of the huge effect foster carers have on those they care for. Whether a short-term or long-term placement, the bonds developed can last a lifetime and be foundations of support and stability that help children and young people thrive and fulfil their potential. We are always looking for more to join our vital existing foster carers for this important work, so if you are interested in becoming a foster carer I recommend checking out ‘Everything’ and getting in contact with our team to learn how Bromley Council can support you on your journey to become a foster carer.”

With more foster carers needed for these crucial roles, ‘Everything’ was produced by Reel TwentyFive, CAN, and an ever-growing partnership of councils and organisations, including Bromley Council and children’s trusts with the shared goal of creating a cinematic showcase of the life-changing journey foster carers take together with the people they care for.

‘Everything’ follows Mike and Will and Zara, some of the children he has cared for, through scenes taken from different moments in their lives together, from the first day they arrived at their new home and through to adulthood where they have now grown and built their own lives and want to show Mike, their foster carer, how appreciative they are for everything he has done for them.

With 356 children looked after in Bromley currently, Bromley’s Fostering Team became part of this collaborative project to create new ways of inspiring and encouraging more people to start their own journey to become a foster carer, and to join the many others in the borough providing amazing support and stability for children and young people in the borough.

For anyone interested in becoming a foster carer, Bromley’s Fostering Team encourages them to get in touch to learn more about the support and training on offer. Visit www.bromley.gov.uk/fostering to watch ‘Everything’ and find more information. Join the next Fostering Information Session or call the Bromley Fostering Team on 0208 461 7701.

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Notes for Editors:

• Visit www.bromley.gov.uk/fostering to watch ‘Everything’ and to find information about fostering with Bromley Council, and how to contact the Bromley Fostering Team.
• ‘Everything’ has been produced by the ReelTwentyFive film production company, and project managed by public sector media partner CAN and Rachel Brown. Find out more about the project.
• Over 100 local authorities and children’s trusts are represented in the ‘Everything’ film project.

The full list of project partners is:

Achieving For Children (consortium of Kingston, Richmond, and Windsor and Maidenhead councils)

Barnet

Bath and North East Somerset

Birmingham Children's Trust

Blackburn with Darwen

Blackpool

Bracknell Forest

Bradford Children and Families Trust

Brent

Brighton and Hove

Bromley

Buckinghamshire

Calderdale

Cambridgeshire

Camden

Cheshire East

Cheshire West and Chester

Coventry

Croydon

Cumberland

Derby City

Derbyshire

Devon

Doncaster

Dorset

Dudley

Ealing

East Riding

East Sussex

Essex

Fostering Shared Services (consortium of Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster councils)

Gateshead

Gloucestershire

Halton

Hampshire

Haringey

Harrow

Herefordshire

Hertfordshire

Hillingdon

Hounslow

Hull

Isle of Wight

Kent

Knowsley

Lancashire

Leeds

Leicester City

Liverpool

Luton

Medway

Merton

Milton Keynes

Norfolk

North Lincolnshire

North Somerset

North Yorkshire

Northamptonshire Children's Trust

Northumberland

Nottingham City 

Nottinghamshire

Oldham

Oxfordshire

Peterborough

Plymouth

Portsmouth

Reading (Brighter Futures for Children)

Rotherham

Rutland

Sandwell Children's Trust

Sefton

Sheffield

Slough

South Gloucestershire

South Tyneside

Southampton

Southend-on-Sea

St Helens

Staffordshire

Stockport

Suffolk

Surrey

Sutton

Swindon

Telford and Wrekin

Thurrock

Torbay

Trafford

Wakefield

Walsall

Warrington

Warwickshire

West Berkshire

West Sussex

Westmorland and Furness

Wigan

Wiltshire

Wirral

Wokingham

Wolverhampton

Worcestershire Children First

York

For media enquiries, please contact Liam Scoble in Public Affairs on 020 8313 4688 or email liam.scoble@bromley.gov.uk