Who can foster

Our foster carers are as different as the children and young people they foster.

We look for a variety of skills and experience which make people ready to foster.

Anyone over the age of 21 years can be a foster carer.

You can foster if:

• you’re over the age of 21 years
• you’re single, in a relationship, a civil partnership or married
• you own or rent your home, you just need a spare bedroom
• you're straight, gay, lesbian, bi or trans – we welcome applications from people of any sexuality
• you want to provide a loving home, whatever your religious, ethnic or cultural background
• you work, part time, full time or not at all
• you have a criminal record. However, if you have criminal convictions for most violent offences or any offences against children we would not be able to consider you as a foster carer
• you have your own children or not
• you have a disability or health issue