
Wales sets the example of not profiting from vulnerable children.
foster careEarlier this year, the Health and Social Care (Wales) Act 2025 received Royal Assent making Wales the first UK nation to legislate for an end to private profit in the care of...
Published on 15 October 2025
Foster Carers Change Lives
Becoming a foster carerfoster careThe number of children needing loving, stable homes is rising each year, and current foster carers are simply not able to meet the demand. In a 2021 report by The Fostering...
Published on 29 July 2024
How fostering a child works
Becoming a foster carerfoster careThousands of children in the UK need a foster carer who can provide a safe and secure place to live – and there are nowhere near enough foster carers to fulfil that urgent...
Published on 15 September 2022
I have children - how will fostering affect them?
Becoming a foster carerfoster careHaving children yourself can be really helpful when it comes to understanding some of the challenges associated with fostering a child. It is important to remember that fostering...
Published on 8 September 2022
Surrey foster carers share 'immeasurable rewards of fostering a child with a disability'
Becoming a foster carerfoster careDiagrama foster carers, Peter and Kristin Nevins, from Surrey, have shared their home with four biological children and their 11-year-old foster child Jack* for four years. Here...
Published on 7 September 2022
Fostering in Surrey
Becoming a foster carerfoster careThere is a growing number of children entering the care system in Surrey. These children in need of fostering come from a wide variety of backgrounds and lived experiences, but...
Published on 15 August 2022
Are there different types of foster care?
Becoming a foster carerfoster careThere are many different types of foster care. If you are considering becoming a foster carer and making a huge difference in a child’s life, then it’s worth giving some...
Published on 1 August 2022
Is it possible to switch foster care agencies?
Becoming a foster carerfoster careSwitching foster agenciesIf you are already registered as a foster carer with a local authority or independent fostering agency in the London, Kent, Medway, Surrey and East Sussex areas but you feel...
Published on 1 August 2022
