Fostering

Fostering

Interested in becoming a foster carer?

Call us on freephone 0800 169 3497 for more information or an informal chat.

Or you can come along to one of our fostering information open days

Foster care provides a stable and supportive home for children and young people at difficult times in their lives. The children we support come from many different backgrounds and we need foster carers to reflect the diverse needs of these children.

We encourage applications from people: 

• at least 23 years old
• of all nationalities and from all cultural, religious and social backgrounds including those with a disability
• who have any language as their first language

Some children may need to be looked after for just a night or two but others live with foster carers for several years. Some children will be able to return to their birth families, others will go on to be placed with a permanent adoptive family.