'Everything' Fostering Film

‘Everything’ is our latest fostering recruitment film, created together with 100 other local authority fostering services. The film demonstrates the positive long-term impact fostering can have on everyone involved, showing one fostering household’s journey over decades.

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There are more than 600 children and young people in care in Leicester, many of whom live with foster families. However, there is a national shortage of people coming forward to foster, and the challenge to recruit is increasing. This year’s ‘Everything’ film is a timely reminder of the importance of foster carers, and the ongoing impact they have on the lives of the children they care for, right through to adulthood.  

This film was developed with the input and insight of foster carers and people with care experience, was produced by ReelTwentyFive and project managed by public sector media partner CAN/Rachel Brown.

‘Everything’ launches on 17 October 2024. It is the seventh film produced by a growing partnership of councils and children’s trusts to promote local authority fostering. The ‘Everything’ project is the largest collaboration yet.

‘Everything’ follows foster carer Mike and his family on a journey through time with two of the children they have looked after, who are now adults. A surprise 60th birthday party for Mike gives Will and Zara a chance to reflect on how being fostered made a difference to their lives, thanking him for everything.

Thanks to footage shot on a genuine old camcorder, we are taken to the 1990s, to see how Will settles into the family. ‘Everything’ also jumps back to the 2010s, when a young Zara is being taught to play the guitar by Mike, something that comes full circle when she performs a song at the party. Mike’s son Chris is involved throughout, showing the important role the children of foster carers play.

The concluding message of the film is that what you do with your life could forever change someone else’s – encouraging people to foster to help make that change. Fostering is... Everything.

To make an enquiry about fostering for Leicester City Council, please fill out our enquiry form and a member of our team will be in touch, or call our enquiries team on 0116 454 4500.

To apply to foster, please fill out our application form.