Foster Children

According to the Department for Education, there were around 64,400 children living away from home in 2010. Of these, over 47,000 were foster children.

Across the UK, there is a shortage of around 10,000 carers to look after foster children. That’s why Fostering People are looking for as many people as we can to become foster carers.

Why foster children come into care

Foster children can come into care for a number of different reasons. It could be due to a temporary family breakdown or as a result of trauma related to abuse or neglect. The foster children themselves are very rarely associated with why they’ve come into care.

For most foster children, the desired outcome of foster care placements is to reunite them with their birth family or place them back within their own communities. If it’s decided that it’s necessary, some foster children will go on to stay in long term fostering placements, while others might be adopted or encouraged to live independently if they are old enough.

At Fostering People, we aim to support our carers as much as we can to help foster children achieve positive outcomes, regardless of the situation they have come from.

Foster children at Fostering People

Fostering People is tackling the nationwide shortage of carers by providing foster children with homes in the North West, the North East, Yorkshire, Central England and the East Midlands.

We need carers who can foster children and young people in long and short term foster care placements, to provide them with a safe, supportive and caring family environment.

The team at Fostering People are always on hand to answer your questions about foster children. If you think you could foster, please speak to us today on 0800 077 8159 or enquire online and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.