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The South West is an exciting region for Home for Good. There are a wide range of volunteers across the whole region and several active groups passionate about recruitment of foster carers, supported lodgings and adoption. We have a variety of peer-led support groups, hosted by our amazing volunteers.
We are currently looking to find homes in Bath, Bristol, Wiltshire, BCP and Somerset.
As well as the local authorities that we are working with, we have groups in Exeter, Cornwall, North Devon and Gloucestershire working to put fostering, supported lodgings and adoption on the church’s agenda.
We have agreements and work closely with Bristol City Council, Wiltshire Council, Bath and North East Somerset Council, BCP and Somerset Council.
South West England Regional Lead
Stu leads Home for Good's work across the South West region. He loves partnering with our amazing Volunteers & Champions and developing old and new connections with the churches around the region. Stu is keen to build relationships with leaders within all denominations and is also keen to support each of the Local County Councils, through our partnerships with them. The Church can care for vulnerable children through fostering, being a Supported Lodgings Host and through adoption. There is also the fantastic opportunity, to create places where peer groups can come together, feel supported and cared for, as these remarkable families navigate trauma & loss with one another. Stu and his wife Sarah have returned to the UK in 2021, from eleven years living and working in Uganda, supporting a children’s ministry. They have four lively young children, three of whom were adopted in 2019, and they have also had many years of experience in fostering babies, children and young people.
Bristol Church & Community Relationships Coordinator
Dave lives in the West Country with his wife, two kids and dog called Florence. Dave and his family were foster carers for ten years and he has worked for Home for Good for over six years and a further year as a merged charity with Safe Families. He is heavily involved in his local Church and equips Churches to better understand and serve the young people in their care along with the families that look after them. Alongside this, Dave also heads up a leadership programme with the West of England Baptist Network called Invest where delegates have tailor made pathways for them to develop in their mission, character and leadership. For the rest of his week Dave helps his wife Carly in a local therapeutic enterprise. Dave has been working with BANE’s for nearly seven years and will continue to hold this relationship, whilst looking after North Somerset as well. In Bristol, where we have agreements with the City Council, Dave will give his main focus, as we look to find more family volunteers and foster carers for the growing needs across the city. To find out more please contact Dave at [email protected]
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