Black History Month 2023

At Fosterplus, we are celebrating Black History Month. Download useful resources and get involved via our poetry competition.

October 6 2023 - 3 min read

Black History Month 2023

At Fosterplus, we are celebrating Black History Month. Download useful resources and get involved via our poetry competition.

During October each year we celebrate Black History Month. The theme this year is 'We Matter' and the Polaris People Diversity Champions have put together some fantastic resources for everyone at Fostering People to get involved and 'dig deeper and think bigger'.

Black History Month Achievers Calendar 2023

Each day of the month we'll be celebrating an inspirational person.

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Black History Month Resource Booklet

Provides resources such as books, films and TV programmes for children and young people to enjoy.

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Black History Month Poetry Competition

Why not get involved yourself, by entering our exciting poetry competition. This competition is open to all young people, foster parents and staff, you can enter via The Exchange by clicking here.

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