KIND-HEARTED residents at a Balsall Common donated Christmas presents to foster children in the borough.
For the second year running Albany Meadows retirement village have given gifts to those in care to Solihull Council to distribute.
Donations were also received from the ladies’ team at Marston Lakes golf club, Dunelm Solihull customers and Unite union.
Sean Brown, site manager at Albany Meadows, said: “We have a very community spirited group of residents at Albany Meadows, who were keen to continue their support of foster children across Solihull.
“It’s particularly pleasing to know that the presents are greatly received and will put a smile on the faces of the children.”
Councillor Karen Grinsell, leader of Solihull Council, said: “I’d like to thank the residents of Albany Meadows for their amazing generosity, in providing so many Christmas gifts for our Solihull foster children.
“This extremely kind gesture is the second year running that they have selflessly offered to support our children in care.”
There are multiple different types of fostering, from respite to emergency, short term to family links – where children with disabilities have mini breaks away from their birth families.
Separated Children and Young People, is also a recently introduced type of fostering, where unaccompanied asylum seeking children, who have escaped from danger and persecution in their country of birth, require a foster home to call their own.
These are all in addition to more recognised and familiar long term fostering, the duration of which can be typically for more than a year.
For more about fostering click here.
