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Fostering

Fostering changes children's lives as well as their foster carers'. It is an incredible role whether it is for emergency care, short or long term.

Achieving for Children provides safe and caring homes to many vulnerable children in our local area.

Ask about fostering today: fosteringenquiries@achievingforchildren.org.uk 

Fostering information

Find out about how fostering works, who can be a foster carer, what foster carers do, types of fostering, the fostering approval process, and support and payments on the Achieving for Children Fostering website.

Private fostering

Private fostering is when parents make a special arrangement for their child to stay with someone else for more than 28 days (consecutively). This person is usually outside the family, not a close relative, and has no direct parental responsibility for the child.

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