Don't change your life. Share it
You might have seen recent national advertising highlighting the need for more foster carers. Could you share your life with a child who needs a safe, loving home?
Aside from a few basic criteria we have a wide range of people fostering with Team Fostering. From single people to same sex couples, people who have their own children at home or those who’ve never had children at all as well as different ages or race.
They all have different life experience that makes them great foster carers, but what they all have in common is a desire to make a difference. They see the importance of the small things – the daily routines, relationships and consistency for children and the small moments that show positive change.
Meet our foster carers
There are lots of different routes into fostering and it’s important you find the right one for you. Our foster carers do the best job of explaining what it’s like fostering for a not-for profit agency like Team Fostering so here are some of their stories for you to read.
You can also read stories from some of our care leavers who talk about the way they were integrated into family life, and the impact this had on their feeling of belonging.
Tom's story
Care leaver Tom describes how foster carer Helen laid the foundations for him to become the adult he is today. As well as how Team Fostering gave them both all the support they needed.
Elysha's story
Care leaver Elysha talked to us about the activities she used to enjoy with Team Fostering, the support she received and how foster carers Paul and Barry were there to give her positive memories during some tough times.
Tony and Joanne's story
We spoke to foster carers Tony and Joanne about their time with one very special little boy with complex medical needs and how they gave him the childhood he’d been missing out on.
Denise and Rachel's story
Two of our newest carers explain about the increased support they’ve felt at Team Fostering after transferring from another agency.
Meet our Team
If you enquire about becoming a foster carer with us, you might wonder who you’ll get to talk to about your fostering journey.
Meet Emma and Jen – our Recruitment and Engagement Officers. If you fill in our online enquiry form they’ll be the people who give you a call back for a chat.
Any initial conversation with Team Fostering is really informal and completely confidential. You might just be starting to do your research and have a few questions, or you might have been thinking about fostering for years and feel like now is the right time to get the ball moving. Whatever stage you’re at in your journey, Emma and Jen will be able to provide you with the information you need and will always progress at your own pace. There’s never any pressure because we know this is a big decision.
Why Team Fostering?
Our animated guide to Team Fostering gives a quick fire overview of the basics of fostering.
Find out our basic criteria, learn about the different types of fostering and what the process is. As well as a breakdown of all the support available at Team Fostering and the benefits you receive from being a foster carer with us.
You can find more in-depth information by downloading our brochures below. Or if you’re ready to have a chat you can complete our online enquiry form below, or call us on 0800 292 2003.
Download our brochures
Whether you’re new to fostering or an existing foster carer looking to transfer from another agency we’d love to hear from you. All the wonderful things about Team Fostering remain the same, but the process will be slightly different so we have separate brochures for new and transferring carers which can be downloaded below.
New carer brochure
New to fostering? This brochure will take you through the basics of fostering, what you can expect from Team Fostering and what the enquiry and assessment process is like.
Transferring carer brochure
Wanting to transfer from another agency? Find out about the benefits of joining Team Fostering and what you can expect from the transfer process.