We believe that foster carers should be protected even after their fostering career has come to an end, which is why we offer retired foster carer membership for former foster carers. Our package provides market-leading legal protection insurance that continues to cover everyone in your household if you experience an historic allegation, and a range of other benefits to keep you connected to fostering as well as discounts on days out and holidays.
To take out this membership you cannot be an approved foster carer. Your application for retired foster carer membership must follow on directly from your previous foster carer membership and be taken out within 6 months of leaving your fostering agency. To access legal support and representation you must be in membership with The Fostering Network at the time you are made aware of the allegation.
Your data
Your contact details will be held on a secure members’ database administered by The Fostering Network, and will be used to keep you up to date with your membership and the charity’s work.
If we have your email address we will store it on our secure email database and send you our e-newsletters updating you on our work, including our programmes, events, training, publications, campaigning and fundraising. We may also contact you by post or email about our fundraising appeals.
We only share data where necessary with companies that are carrying out work on our behalf, such as mailing houses and IT support. Beyond this we will never share any members’ contact details without your permission nor ever sell them to anyone else. You can read more about how we store and use your data in our privacy statement at thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/privacystatement. You can also change how we communicate with you by unsubscribing from any e-newsletters you receive, or by contacting membership@fostering.net or 020 7620 6440.
