Children and young people of all ages and from all backgrounds come into care when they are unable to live with their birth parents for a period of time. Foster care can give families a chance to sort out their problems by providing these children with a home and...
There are many reasons why children come into foster care Children and young people of all ages and from all backgrounds come into care when they are unable to live with their birth parents for a period of time. Foster care can give families a chance to sort out their...
There are many myths surrounding who can foster, meaning that many people rule themselves out as possible foster carers unnecessarily. Is there an age limit for fostering children in the UK? I’m under 21? There is no legal lower age limit for fostering. Some...
My Health I have a chronic illness?A fostering service is looking to ensure that people who apply to become foster carers are physically and psychologically fit enough to care for children and meet their needs. A fostering service will seek a medical report as part of...
Words: Sali Walker The decision to foster is a very important one for every family, whether that family is one person, or a couple with children, the process to make that decision is the same. You need to be confident that the agency you select is going to be the...
Where I live I don’t have a big house?The size of your house will not necessarily be a determining factor in whether you can foster or not. What will be looked at is whether you have a spare room that is big enough for a young person to live in, and whether the...
There are many myths surrounding who can foster, meaning that many people rule themselves out as possible foster carers unnecessarily. Can I foster if...? I’m gay? Your sexual orientation is not important to being a foster carer and will not stop you from...
Urgent need for more foster carers to look after children in their local community The UK’s leading fostering charity, The Fostering Network, is urging people to come forward to foster so that more children can be cared for in their local community. Across the...
Children and young people need foster carers from all backgrounds with a wide range of life, work and care experiences. All foster carers are given ongoing training and support to help them develop the skills they need to help children thrive. Just as no two children...
Applying to become a foster parent The process starts when you apply to become a foster parent and finishes with a decision from the fostering service. The process can take up to 8 months to complete. Steps 2 to 6 might happen in a different order....
Glancing down at her tiny fingers, little button nose and soft curls, Josh held his newbornniece tightly. He was so in love. One glance to his husband Terry, and they both knew they were ready to start a family of their own. “Holding her for the first time, the...
I have fostered 3 unrelated children since being approved as a foster carer in April 2019. I loved seeing the little ones grow and develop during their time with me but felt I could use my skills and experiences to support mums to look after their newborn babies in a...
Our names are Tony and James and we have been together for about ten years. We are in our 30s now and have always wanted to care for children. We had a good think about the best way to go about it, considered surrogacy and adoption but we wanted to have the support of...