Fostering means providing a safe, stable and caring home for a child or young person who is unable to live with their birth family.

People from many different backgrounds can foster. You must usually be aged 21 or over, have a suitable spare bedroom and be able to provide a supportive home.

No. Faith Fostering welcomes people of all faiths and backgrounds, as well as those who do not follow a religion.

Yes. You can foster whether you are single, married, divorced, widowed or living with a partner.

Yes. Your working hours, availability and support network will be discussed during the assessment to ensure you can meet the needs of a child.

Yes. Foster children generally need their own suitable bedroom where they can feel safe, comfortable and settled.

Fostering arrangements can include emergency, short-term, long-term, respite, sibling and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children placements.

Foster carers receive guidance from a supervising social worker, ongoing training, support groups and access to assistance when it is needed.

Yes. Foster carers receive an allowance to help cover the costs of caring for a child, alongside a payment recognising their skills and responsibilities.

The first step is to contact Faith Fostering. The team will answer your questions, learn more about your circumstances and explain the application and assessment process.