About Us

More than Fostering: Building brighter futures that last.

Fosterplus was founded in 1996, with one guiding principle: children can thrive, when their home is loving, supportive and stable.

With over 30 years’ experience, we have seen the difference we can make to children’s futures when they have the opportunity to grow up with the same foster family.

It’s common for children in foster care to experience multiple moves from one family to another. At Fosterplus, our aim is to break this cycle of disruption for every child in our care.

As an award-winning independent fostering agency, all of our England offices are rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted, and our Scotland services are rated ‘Very Good’ in three of the four areas assessed by the Care Inspectorate, reflecting the high standards of care we provide and our commitment to positive outcomes for children and families.

By carefully matching the right foster parents to the right children and providing continuous support, guidance and help, we ensure that every child has the opportunity to stay with the same family for as long as they need.

Connecting you with the services and support you need

We connect our social workers, education and care professionals together, and make sure they’re always available. We connect our foster parents to regular supervision and ongoing training, as well as to a network of other local carers. And we enjoy strong connections with local authorities, who recognise our commitment to creating positive futures.

All of this creates a strong feeling of stability and support which encourages continuity and long-term development, helping foster parents and children and young people step forward with confidence.

Foster parent support

30 years
of making a difference

8 offices
across England & Scotland

Around 200
extraordinary foster parents

Over 200
children in our care

Part of the UK’s largest leading communities of children’s service providers

We’re proud to be part of the Polaris Community, one of the UK’s leading communities of children’s service providers. When you join Fosterplus, you’ll benefit from a local, professional team, alongside wider support and resources from across our community of children’s services.

As a community, we have a united commitment to measure and maximise our social value; defining it as ‘The positive emotional, environmental and economic impact we have on the Polaris community and wider society’. We will measure this commitment through our Social Value Pledges giving us a year-on-year benchmark to increase the Social Value we provide. This includes opportunities we offer staff, foster parents, adopters and our children and young people, but also how we work with suppliers, create job and training opportunities and our impact on the environment.

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Reasons to choose Fosterplus…

Why choose us?

Everything we do is geared towards this idea of continuity, and it’s something that our foster parents experience too – with stable teams and consistent support and training.

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Careful matching

Careful, considered matching is key, and over many years’ experience, we’ve developed an outstanding reputation for quality matching and excellent outcomes for children in care.

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Allowance calculator

You’ll benefit from an attractive fostering payment for when a child is in your care, together with other benefits and rewards. Find out how much you could receive using our allowance calculator.

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Ready to take your first step into fostering? We’re here to support you on your journey…

Enquiry

You are required to have a spare bedroom that’s always available to a foster child. The spare room cannot be shared, and must be big enough to fit a single bed, a wardrobe and a chest of drawers.

Do you have a spare room?*

To be approved as a foster carer in the UK, you must be a British citizen or have the legal right to remain in the UK without restrictions that would prevent fostering.

Which of the following applies to you?*

How can we help you with your enquiry?*

The following questions are intended to help us understand your experience with children. Please note that prior experience is not required to become a foster carer, as full training will be provided.

Have you had children of your own?*

Do you have professional experience of working with children?*

Have you had any prior experience of fostering, such as being a foster parent or growing up in a fostering family?*

Have you ever adopted a child?*

Are you happy to receive regular fostering news from us?*

Yes

First Name*

Last Name*

Phone Number*

Email Address*

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