Foster Wales Denbighshire carers set to receive council tax reductions as part of fostering package

Foster carers who decide to foster through the local authority will be offered up to 100% discount on their council tax as standard as part of Denbighshire’s fostering package.

Full-time foster carers who are accepted through the Foster Wales scheme will start to receive this discount from April of this year as a part of the council’s transformation initiative, which has the ambition to increase the number of Foster Wales Denbighshire carers, allowing children to be cared for closer to their communities and achieve better outcomes.

Along with this, foster carers who foster with the local authority are being offered further assistive policies, which will be rolled out from April.

Denbighshire County Council has also approved a foster friendly policy for staff who foster with the local authority, who are eligible for five additional days of special leave.

Rhiain Morrlle, Head of Children’s Services said:

“Our foster carers make such a massive impact to the lives of children and young people in Denbighshire. We are currently looking for more foster carers to come and make a difference to a child or young person’s life, who can provide a safe and happy home for them.

We hope that the policies implemented emphasises our commitment to those who make the rewarding decision to Foster for Denbighshire.

This is just one of the assistive policies that we will be rolling out for those who decide to foster through the local authority, with some announced already, and more to be announced within the coming months.”

Councillor Diane King, Lead Member for Education, Children and Families said:

“Fostering can make a real difference in a child’s life, and fostering locally in Denbighshire can change the lives of children and young people in our local communities here in Denbighshire.

We hope this new policy can help potential foster carers to take the next rewarding step, and become full-time, local foster carers with the local authority.”

For more information about fostering, please go to: https://denbighshire.fosterwales.gov.wales