Media & Press
Our scrapbook of newspaper clippings, government announcements, radio and online commentary on Rachel Cole, Founder and CEO of Black Foster Carers Alliance, and BFCA’s work for Black and Global Majority children in care.
Rachel Cole, Founder & CEO
As featured in Department for Education The Voice Metro Leicester Mercury BBC Radio Solent Pioneers Post UnLtd Churchill Fellowship
Newspapers & national announcements
Leicester Mercury · News feature2026
A two-page spread on why most Black children in UK foster care are raised by white families, and how Rachel is building the practical support those families have never had — alongside the Black carer pipeline the system has never fixed. It covers BFCA’s Cultural Mentor Programme, BFCA Connect and its work with Leicester City Council.
“We need you. The children are already here.”
GOV.UK · Press release14 October 2026
Rachel is quoted in the Department for Education’s launch of its national foster carer recruitment campaign, part of the plan for 10,000 new foster places.
“Too many Black children in care grow up without anyone around them who reflects who they are.”
The Voice20 October 2026
Britain’s Black newspaper covers BFCA’s call for Black families to turn a long tradition of community care into approved foster homes, and Rachel’s journey from a care leavers’ home to founding BFCA.
“These are our community’s children, and the answer has always been in our community too.”
Metro26 May 2024
A Metro weekend read in Rachel’s own words on why she set up Black Foster Carers Alliance, and the change Black children in care need.
GOV.UK · DfE14 October 2026
BFCA is named as the partner to Fostering South West on its Recruitment, Retention and Training Programme, funded by the Department for Education.
Pioneers Post9 November 2026
The social enterprise magazine profiles Rachel among UnLtd’s systems-change founders — covering BFCA’s documentary Fostering in Colour and her role shaping UnLtd’s Fostering Innovation Accelerator.
Live on BBC Radio Solent
BBC Radio Solent13 November 2026
Rachel joins BBC Radio Solent to talk about Black children in care and why more Black families are needed as foster carers.
Full interview · 16 mins
Innovation & Excellence Awards 2026
Winston Churchill Memorial Trust — research in Ghana, Atlanta and the Netherlands
Helped shape UnLtd’s Fostering Innovation Accelerator, 2026
Shared, quoted & recommended
UnLtd21 May 2026
Foster Care Fortnight profile of Rachel, BFCA’s work with Black and minority ethnic carers, and BFCA Connect.
Today’s Family LawyerOct 2026
Quotes Rachel on representation for Black children in care.
Fairer Fostering2 Nov 2026
Shares The Voice feature on BFCA’s appeal.
Churchill Fellowship9 Oct 2026
Rachel’s Fellow profile and report on culturally responsive mentoring in Ghana, Atlanta and the Netherlands.
The Fostering Network
Lists BFCA as a recommended organisation for support.
The Black Care ExperienceMay 2024
Network Newsletter, Issue 7 — BFCA’s first national introduction.
The Lead2024
Rachel describes BFCA as a “vehicle of change” for Black and ethnic minority carers.
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