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Fundraise With Us
Find out how you can get involved in raising funds to help support vulnerable children in foster care and what #notforprofitfostering is all about
Become a Foster Carer
We need more carers, but fostering needs to be the right choice for you and your family. Would you like to have a chat to explore options?
Inspired To Foster!
Want to hear what fostering is all about? Find out about our carers experiences and how fostering changes lives
Why Choose The Foster Care Charity?
At The Foster Care Charity, we’re dedicated to helping children heal, grow, and thrive. Many come into care carrying deep hurt — and they deserve the best support we can give.
Founded in 1999 as a not-for-profit co-operative, we’ve always challenged the status quo in foster care. Now a registered charity, we continue our mission to support vulnerable children and foster families across central, eastern, and northern England — from North Somerset to South Yorkshire.
FOR CHILDREN... NOT FOR PROFIT
Find Out About Fostering With The Foster Care Charity
What are Carers Paid?
As a foster carer you will receive a professional carer fee and fostering allowances, when a child is placed with you
New to Fostering?
Find out more about what you need to become a foster carer and the type of support that we provide for our network of carers
Types of Fostering
We provide a variety of different types of foster care, including PACT, to ensure that we can meet the individual needs of children in care
Could you foster? We'd love to have a chat and help you with your fostering journey!
“OUR VISION is to make a positive impact on children’s lives and enable them to achieve their full potential, have a sense of belonging, and grow as individuals.”
CEO - The Foster Care Charity
Where We Provide Foster Care
Our Locations
We provide foster care across England. Our network of foster carers are looked after locally by our regional teams of experienced supervising social workers and our friendly support staff. Our head office is in Malvern, Worcestershire.
North West England
Are you in Manchester, Liverpool, Warrington, Merseyside, the Wirral or other surrounding areas? Ready to foster? We are looking for foster carers based across the north west region.
Bristol & South West
Are you living in or around Bristol, Bath, Swindon or Gloucestershire and interested in becoming a foster carer? We are looking for foster carers in all areas across the south west of England.
Yorkshire
Do you live in York, Leeds, Sheffield, Hull, Doncaster or Rotherham or other surrounding areas? Want to know more about fostering? We are looking for foster carers based in Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire.
Midlands
Are you in Birmingham, Stoke-on-Trent, Leicester, Coventy or other cities and towns across the Midlands and want to foster? We are looking for foster carers in all areas of the North, West and East Midlands.
Eastern Counties
Do you live in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex or Cambridgeshire? Can we help answer your questions about fostering? We are looking for foster carers in all areas across the eastern counties of England.
CAN YOU FOSTER?
Aged 21 or over? Have at least one spare bedroom?
Have the stamina, love and compassion to care for a child?
