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Tees Valley: News - June 2022
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REDCAR & CLEVELAND BOROUGH COUNCIL - New appeal for foster carers – do you have room in your heart and space in your home?
27th June 2022
THE council has launched a new appeal for people considering foster care to come forward. A bed with the borough’s special foster care teddy bears (see image attached) is being taken across the borough as part of the campaign. Foster carers in Redcar and Cleveland also receive several financial...
REDCAR & CLEVELAND BOROUGH COUNCIL - Kind-hearted couple win ‘Foscar’ award for dedication to vulnerable children
27th June 2022
IT’S hard to believe that Mike and Lian Cox, current holders of Redcar and Cleveland’s ‘Foscar’ (foster care) award once considered themselves failures in the role. “We thought, ‘well we have three kids of our own, we don’t need training,’” said...
REDCAR & CLEVELAND BOROUGH COUNCIL - Meet the Nortons, two of our newest foster carers
27th June 2022
For Geoff and Stuart Norton it was an ordinary family life – especially providing a home for Geoff’s daughter - which made them consider fostering. “My youngest came to live with us about 18 months ago,” explained Geoff, 48, a taxi-driver from Redcar, “and we...
Redcar and Cleveland Council - Meet the Porritts – inspired by their working lives to give more
27th June 2022
WORKING with children with complex needs five days a week for 20 years and having your own child might lead most people to long for some child free time. Not so Reece Porritt. “I teach children excluded from mainstream school and it’s very much this that inspired me to think about fostering,”...
JUST THE TICKET FOR FAMILIES THIS SUMMER - CHILDREN TRAVEL FOR JUST £1 AT THE NYMR
27th June 2022
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) has announced its Summer Family tickets for £88 (two adults and two children), with individual adult tickets for £43 each and children aged between 4 & 15 travelling for just £1. Tickets for the hugely popular award-winning attraction...
Bringing the fun of the big top to DL1…
22nd June 2022
Do you like trying something different and have the urge to perform? If so, why not head to DL1 this August and join our circus skills workshops. Suitable for a range of ages, you can gen up on juggling and build your confidence in front of a crowd. If you’re more of a spectator, then our juggler’s...
CEMEX launches educational program to raise awareness of the Circular Economy
6th June 2022
A new educational program for UK schoolchildren has been launched by global building materials supplier CEMEX, aiming to help children better understand and contribute more to sustainable development, through the transition to the Circular Economy and by promoting a responsible and sustainable lifestyle. 'A...