The Fostering Network is the UK’s leading fostering charity

The Fostering Network, the UK’s leading fostering charity, is delighted to announce the launch of a brand-new membership category: Associate Membership. This initiative is open to individuals and organisations with a shared passion for fostering, enabling them to support and champion foster carers, fostering services, and children in care across the UK. 

This week the government announced a 3.55 per cent increase to the national minimum allowance (NMA) for foster carers in England. While we welcome the increased financial support for fostering families, it doesn’t go far enough to cover the full costs of caring for a child in foster care. 

We welcome the government’s policy statement ‘Keeping Children Safe, Helping Families Thrive’ and its mission to give every child the best chance in life.  There has been under-investment and lack of priority given to children’s social care for far too long, so we are pleased to see this much needed reset.