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The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's been told most Asians don't understand what fostering means and a leading charity believes this could be one of the reasons they don't put themselves forward to be carers.

A recent survey carried out by Action for Children found 78% of Asians didn't know what fostering was, compared to 14% of the general population. There's a huge shortage of Asian foster carers in the UK and the charity believes dispelling myths around fostering could help more people consider it.

In this extract taken from ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Nottingham’s Dhamaka programmes presenter Kaval Vaseer was joined by Darren Johnson from Action for Children along with Nottingham city councillor and Portfolio Holder for Children's Services, David Mellen to discuss this further. David Mellon begins by stating whether these national statistics are reflected in Nottingham…