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WATCH: New short film showcases long-lasting impact of fostering

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Suffolk County Council has collaborated on a touching new short film called "Everything" that aims to highlight how fostering can have a lifelong positive impact on children in care and encourage more people to become foster carers.

The big picture: Suffolk County Council is among more than 100 local authorities participating in this national campaign to recruit more foster carers, particularly for teenagers.

Key details: The film follows a foster family's journey over decades:

  • The 7th collaborative film project of its kind, involving councils from Cumbria to Devon

  • Depicts how fostering relationships often last well into adulthood

  • Shows the important role that children of foster carers play

  • Developed with input from foster carers and people with care experience

Why it matters: There is a chronic shortage of foster carers, not just in Suffolk, but across England. This film aims to show the rewarding nature of fostering and encourage more people to step forward.

Fostering is... Everything

What they're saying:

Cllr David Roach, Suffolk County Council's Deputy Cabinet Member for Fostering and Adoption: "The 'Everything' project has given our fostering service an amazing film that shows the long-term impact fostering can have, with relationships between carers and children lasting well into adulthood."

"We are committed to giving vulnerable children and young people we care for the best chance to thrive, which for the vast majority of them is with local fostering families."

Sarah Thomas, chief executive of the Fostering Network: "'Everything' will help to amplify their message about the chronic shortage of fostering households, encouraging more people to come forward and foster."

The bottom line: Fostering means you can support vulnerable children in your community, providing them with a safe and nurturing home where they can grow and thrive. For more information, visit https://fosterandadopt.suffolk.gov.uk/

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Mountain bike stolen from outside Anglia Retail Park restaurant

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Police are appealing for witnesses after a blue Boardman mountain bike was stolen from outside Tim Hortons in Ipswich.

The bicycle was taken between 10.20 and 10.30 on Thursday 6 March from outside the restaurant at Anglia Retail Park.

The blue Boardman mountain bike was stolen
Police are appealing for witnesses after a blue Boardman mountain bike was stolen from outside Tim Hortons in IpswichSuffolk Constabulary

Ipswich Police shared the appeal on social media, asking anyone with information to come forward.

Officers have assigned the crime reference number 37/12273/25 to the case.

Anyone who witnessed the theft or has information about the stolen blue Boardman mountain bike is asked to contact police via their online reporting system at https://orlo.uk/2zoxs or by calling 101, quoting the crime reference number.

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