Consistently Outstanding since 2013

Scotland foster care agency

Fostering in Perth

Interested in fostering in Perth?

Do you live in Perth or the surrounding areas? Are you interested in fostering? You could make an incredible difference to a child’s life by fostering in Perth.

Foster carers do amazing work every day with children that are unable to live with their own families. Across the Scotland nearly 17,000 children need a safe and stable home with a fostering family who can look after them for as long as they need it.

We need foster parents from a wide range of backgrounds, both couple’s and single foster parents – from any ethnicity, age or sexual orientation to help with the growing need to provide children with a caring and loving foster home.

If you are interested in fostering a child within the Perth area, get in touch with our friendly fostering team today.

Why join the Fostering People Perth?

When you foster with us, you’ll be part of a local community of support. Our staff live within the communities we support and you’ll receive our highly rated 24/7 support.

You’ll feel part of our Perth team from the minute you become a foster parent with us.

Fostering People Perth offer:

Monthly support groups and forums
Family events
Extensive training programme
Fostering People is an independent fostering agency. This means we work closely with local authorities to find suitable foster families for children and young people.

If you’ve got questions about fostering in Perth or you are ready to start your fostering journey with us. Fill out the form and we’ll get in touch with you shortly.

Alternatively, you can call us on 0800 077 8159.

Download our beginners guide to fostering

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Outstanding fostering agency in Perth.

Fostering a child is an extremely rewarding experience. As a foster parent, you will care for young people and provide them with a stable, caring, safe family home for as long as they need it.

Our friendly Perth team is here to help you decide if fostering is right for you and we’re on hand to offer any advice and guidance you may need. The journey to becoming a foster parent can take 4 – 6 months.

In order to foster you’ll need:

  • A spare room for the foster child to make their own
  • A good sense of humour
  • A clean and safe home
  • Access to transport
  • A good network of people to encourage and support you

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Foster parent satisfaction

Very Good

Care Inspectorate rating

9/10

Foster parents would recommend

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Perth Fostering Allowance & Benefits

Our commitment to working in local communities isn’t just limited to providing excellent support. We also offer our foster parents one of the best financial packages available.

Try our finance calculator to see how much your fostering allowance could be.

Thanks to generous tax relief from HM Revenue & Customs, foster carers pay very little (if any) tax and National Insurance. As a FosterTalk member, you’ll have access to free tax advice and support.

Benefits of working with Fostering People in Perth

Allowances

Foster care is a great direction to take in your life. Our foster parents see it as a rewarding role that allows them to help young people develop and grow while earning a generous allowance.

Support

Providing excellent support to our foster parents is what Fostering People is all about.  Our support has an outstanding reputation and is highly accredited.

Training

Fostering People provide you with excellent training both to help you prepare to foster as well as ongoing training to support your ongoing development.

New to fostering?

Download our Complete Guide to the Fostering Process to discover everything you need to know.

Take your first step to becoming a foster parent today

If you’re interested in becoming a foster parent and would like to learn more, then we’d love to hear from you.

Simply fill in the form below and one of our friendly team will be in touch.

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Meet some of our foster parents