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Radio Somerset,6 mins

500 children in Somerset require foster placements

Breakfast on BBC Radio Somerset

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There are 200 foster carers on Somerset County Council's books - and of those there are 6 LGBTQ+ couples.... This Pride month the council wants same-sex couples to know they are very much wanted - especially with around 500 children in the county needing foster placements. On BBC Radio Somerset's Breakfast Show, Claire Carter spoke to a gay couple from Somerset in their 30's. Tristan and Luke, who have fostered two teenage brothers and say it's been life-changing...

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