Worcestershire Fostering

Foster Care Fortnight 2025

Running from 12 to 25 May, Foster Care Fortnight is the UK’s largest campaign dedicated to raising awareness about fostering. This year’s theme, The Power of Relationships, highlights the essential role that strong, supportive bonds play in the lives of children in care demonstrating how connection, trust, and stability can change futures.

This year, care-experienced adult Tash has generously shared her personal journey to help raise awareness and inspire others to consider fostering. Tash entered the care system at just four years old, alongside her 10-month-old sister. They were placed with foster carers Barbara and Brian who became Tash’s long-term family and continue to be central figures in her life today. Find out more about Tash’s story.

Benefits of fostering with us

See what benefits are available to our foster carers.

Register your interest

Register your interest in becoming a foster carer.

Find out more about us

Find out more about Worcestershire Fostering and what we offer.

Who can foster

Check your eligibility to foster in Worcestershire.

Fostering drop-in events

View our full list of upcoming drop-in events for Worcestershire fostering.

Fostering assessment process

We aim to complete fostering assessments in 4 to 6 months, find out more about this process.

Meet our families

Join Worcestershire's largest family! Read real life accounts and follow our 'Day in the Life' blog for an authentic and honest picture of fostering.

Types of fostering

There's a role tailored to you and your skills. You can offer short term, long term, respite, buddy, parent and child, and specialist foster care.

Foster carers training and development

Training and development of our foster carers from before approval to a varied programme of training for approved foster carers.

Tax, National Insurance and benefits for foster carers

See information for Tax, National Insurance and benefits for foster carers.

Foster carers financial support and managing payments

Manage invoices, payments, foster carers fees, claims and expenses.

Fostering is.... Everything

Fostering can be life-changing not only for the children and young people who come into care but also for the foster families who welcome them into their homes.

Already fostering

Information and support available if you are already fostering.

Already fostering

Information and support if you are already fostering with a different agency and you would like to transfer to us.

Guidance and documents for approved foster carers

Download useful policies and handbooks you will need as a foster carer.

Foster Carer Exemption Form

Foster Carer Exemption (For Fostering Agencies and Providers only).