I HAVE a desperate plea for help. We are asking for loving families to come forward to host our foreign students.

They are all due to arrive in just two weeks' time and we still need homes for two girls.

They are 16 and 17 years old, one from Mexico and one from Norway, and if we do not find them a home before they leave their own countries, they will be refused entry by our immigration authorities. When they have been planning their trip for nearly a year, it would be devastating

to be turned away at the last minute.

They are both very keen to improve their English and learn about how a British family lives, they just need a family that will offer them a home and treat them as if they were their own child. The way you would want your child looked after if he/she were to stay with a family abroad.

The organisation I work for (In-STEP) does offer a small grant towards the cost of their stay which should not leave you out of pocket.

Please give me a call on 01772 626343 or 07760287337 or email me on instep@zoom.co.uk

Malcolm Hordern

Bolton