The Run is our latest fostering recruitment film, created in collaboration with over 90 local authority fostering services across the UK - this powerful short film highlights how fostering can help children like Tom win more than just a race.
The story follows 11-year-old Tom, whose instinct to run reflects both his need to escape a difficult home life and his natural talent for athletics. Facing challenges like hunger and not having a PE kit, Tom’s life begins to change when he joins a new foster family who support him to pursue his passion. The film culminates in an emotional stadium race, cheered on by his foster parents – a moment that symbolises the stability, encouragement, and opportunity that fostering can provide.
The Run offers a moving portrayal of the life-changing impact foster parents can have. It was developed with input from foster parents and individuals with lived care experience, ensuring an authentic and heartfelt message.
The film also highlights the growing pressure on local authority fostering services, with more children needing safe, stable homes and increasing competition from independent fostering agencies.
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Fostering can mean everything to those involved. That is the message of a powerful new fostering film “Everything”.
The short film is called "Any of Us… because it really can be" – that's the message of a powerful new fostering film, that anyone can foster a child or young person if they have the capacity to care.
The short film, called ‘Out there’, highlights the ways fostering can make a difference to the lives of everyone involved, from the children and young people who live with foster parents, to those who come forward to care for them.
The film shows the journey of ‘Sophie’ and ‘Charlie’ who are in a very difficult home situation, where their needs are not being met. It highlights the difference a foster parent can make to ensure they are cared for and allowed to have a “childhood”.
The five minute film 'Truth be told', was launched by 15 local authorities across the West and East Midlands and looks at the true stories of two sets of children and their foster parents. The film briefly but honestly captures the highs and lows of fostering.
'There was a boy' conveys that despite any preconceptions about young people, with love and guidance a life can be changed for the better. It shows how foster care can impact on a boy’s future and literally change a life and how rewarding that can be for the foster parent knowing that they have made a difference.
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