We’re proud to be a part of the Fostering Network’s Foster Care Fortnight 2024 (13 to 26 May), a campaign to raise the profile of fostering and show how foster care transforms lives.     

The theme this year is #FosteringMoments, so we’ll be celebrating the moments that define fostering journeys, big and small, for our amazing foster carers and their families. There will be plenty of opportunities to meet our friendly fostering team throughout the fortnight. 

The Mayor of Barnsley paid a visit to Hoyland Town Square to see the results of our programme of improvement works, including paving, seating, planting and painting.  

Cllr James Michael Stowe helped lay a commemorative flagstone to celebrate the enhancements to the square. 

The Mayor of Barnsley, Cllr James Michael Stowe, is delighted to announce that he has raised a staggering £20,730.32 for his chosen charities - Barnsley Blind and Partially Sighted Association (BBPSA), and Barnsley Hospice, during his mayoral year.

The phenomenal amount raised has been split equally between the two local charities which the mayor personally chose at the beginning of his term. Representatives from the two charities were invited to the mayor’s parlour this week to be presented with their cheques for £10, 365.16 each.