Thinking about fostering?
We’ll help you consider if the time is right for you and support you every step of the way throughout your journey.
About Fostering
Find out what fostering is, the different ways to foster and the children who need fostering.
Why foster with us?
Information about our fees and allowances and the practical and emotional support we offer.
How to become a foster carer
Learn all about the steps involved to becoming a foster carer and the journey to approval.
Fostering together
We are an inclusive authority who positively encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community to foster with us
A network of support
Through the Mockingbird Family Model, we provide enhanced support to our foster families
Latest news
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A poem for Ezmae by her foster carer
Foster Carer Julie wrote a poem for Ezmae, a baby girl she adopted after being her foster carer for seven weeks.
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Local council fostering partnership launched in the south west
Fostering South West has launched to attract urgently needed local council foster carers across the south west of England, as well as announcing a first of its kind partnership with…
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My life as a parent and child foster carer – Lucy’s story
South Glos Foster Carer, Lucy opens up about her life as a parent and child foster parent.
