What's on in Thurrock
Fostering information and drop-in events
Monday 12 May 2025, 10am to Sunday 25 May 2025, 2pm
If you’ve ever been curious about becoming a foster carer, Foster Care Fortnight is the perfect opportunity to find out more.
Foster Care Fortnight is the UK’s biggest foster care awareness raising campaign and aims to showcase the positive impact foster care and the need more foster carers.
This year, Foster Care Fortnight will run from Monday 12 May until Sunday 25 May.
Keep an eye out as starting from Monday 12 May, Thurrock Council's Fostering team will be popping up at several shops, libraries and shopping centres across Thurrock to share more information around fostering and answer any questions you may have.
Check below to see when our fostering team will be near you.
Week one
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Date |
Time |
Venue |
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Monday 12 May |
10am to 1pm |
Aveley Library, Community Hub, High Street, Aveley, South Ockendon, RM15 4BX (Drop-in) |
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Monday 12 May |
4pm to 7pm |
c2c Chafford Hundred station, RM16 6QQ (Drop-in) |
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Tuesday 13 May |
10am to 11:30am |
Face to Face - Information event, Committee Room 1, Civic Offices, RM17 6SL |
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Tuesday 13 May |
1pm to 4pm |
Purfleet Library, Community Hub, 53-54 River Court, Centurion Way, Purfleet-on-Thames, RM19 1ZY (Drop-in) |
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Wednesday 14 May |
10am to 1pm |
Tilbury Library/Hub, Civic Square, RM18 8AD (Drop-in) |
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Wednesday 14 May |
2.30pm to 6:30pm |
Impulse Leisure - Belhus, Belhus Park, Aveley, South Ockendon RM15 4PX (Drop-in) |
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Wednesday 14 May |
2.30pm to 6:30pm |
Impulse Leisure Blackshots, Blackshots Lane, Grays RM16 2JU (Drop-in) |
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Thursday 15 May |
10am to 1pm |
East Tilbury Library, Princess Avenue, RM18 8ST (Drop-in) |
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Thursday 15 May |
2.30pm to 5:30pm |
Impulse Leisure Corringham, Springhouse Rd, Corringham, Stanford-le-Hope SS17 7NB (Drop-in) |
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Friday 16 May |
10am to 2pm |
Asda, Thurrock Park Way, Tilbury RM18 7HJ (Drop-in) |
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Saturday 17 May |
8am to 9:30am |
Park Run, Orsett Heath, Heath Road, Chadwell-St-Mary, RM16 4XH (Drop-in) |
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Saturday 17 May |
11am to 2pm |
Sainsbury's, Howard Road, Chafford Hundred, RM16 6YJ |
Week two
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Date |
Time |
Venue |
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Monday 19 May |
10am to 9pm |
Lakeside Shopping Centre outside Primark on Level 2 |
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Tuesday 20 May |
7am to 9:30am |
c2c Fenchurch Street station, on concourse at main entrance (Drop-in) |
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Tuesday 20 May |
2pm to 4pm |
Chadwell Library, Brentwood Road, RM16 4JP (Drop-in) |
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Tuesday 20 May |
2pm to 4pm |
Belhus Library, South Ockendon Centre, Derry Avenue, South Ockendon, RM15 5DX (Drop-in) |
| Wednesday 21 May | 10am to 1pm | Tesco, Lakeside, RM20 1TX |
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Wednesday 21 May |
10am to 1pm |
Corringham Library, St John's Way, SS17 7LJ (Drop-in) |
| Wednesday 21 May | 2:30pm to 5:30pm |
Waitrose, 112-118 High St, Billericay CM12 9BY (Drop-in) |
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Thursday 22 May |
10am to 3pm |
John Lewis, 50 Bond St, Chelmsford CM1 1GD (Drop-in) |
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Friday 23 May |
10am to 2pm |
Morrisons, London road, Grays, RM17 5XZ (Drop-in) |
Where
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