The Fostering Network membership

Membership
Being a member of The Fostering Network helps you to work effectively as part of the fostering team and helps us to make foster care better for children across the UK. With almost 60,000 foster carers and more than 400 fostering service members, we connect everyone involved in fostering.
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Our membership for foster carers is designed to ensure you are protected, supported and connected in your vital role transforming children and young people’s lives.

Our membership supports fostering services to be the most effective they can be by providing up-to-date information and sharing best practice.

We believe that foster carers should be protected even after their fostering career has come to an end, which is why we offer membership for retired foster carers