Getting the right information is key to knowing whether fostering is a possibility for you and your family.  The goal of this site is to provide people who are thinking about applying to become a foster family with useful information on foster care.  Greater knowledge will enable more people to consider offering children and young people a home while their own family is unable to look after them. 

The reasons why people decide to apply to become foster parents are many.

Some foster parent applicants have come to consider fostering as a very natural thing to do. Many feel that they would like to share the good things in their lives. People who foster often describe themselves as ordinary people who like children. They feel that their family has something to offer and because they value children they want to do something to contribute towards protecting and helping them develop.