Start the New Year by Making a Difference — Foster in 2025
Make 2025 the Year You Change Lives Through Fostering
Happy New Year! The decorations are packed away, the house is tidy, and you might be turning your attention to New Year's resolutions.
This is the time of year when we reflect on our hopes for the next 12 months. Many of us set goals like living healthier, learning new skills, or spending more time with loved ones. But what if this year, your resolution wasn't just about improving your own life-but changing someone else's?
What if 2025 is the year you become a foster carer?
As a foster carer, you can earn a competitive income and access benefits that might allow you to reduce your working hours-or even leave your current job entirely. This role offers the flexibility to achieve the work-life balance you've always wanted while making a meaningful impact on a child's life.
Why Foster in 2025?
According to a report published by Ofsted in December 2024, there were 42,615 fostering households in England last year, compared to 45,370 in 2021. A total of 4,055 fostering households were approved during the year while 4,820 stopped fostering - an overall loss of 765 fostering households.
The Fostering Network has estimated that a further 6,500 foster families are needed in England to ensure all fostered children can live with the right family for them.
Foster carers provide vital support to some of the most vulnerable children and young people in the UK. Beyond offering safety and stability, foster carers form bonds, teach life skills, and help shape brighter futures. While fostering can be challenging, it is also incredibly rewarding.
This is a career where you can truly make a difference-helping children overcome adversity and build confidence. Unfortunately, the demand for foster carers continues to outpace supply.
By stepping forward in 2025, you can be part of the solution. Don't wait-get in touch for an informal, no-obligation chat today.
Who Are Family Care Fostering?
We are a family-owned fostering agency based in the Northwest and Midlands, with over 30 years' experience looking after children and young people. With Family Care, our foster parents benefit from unrivalled support packages, regular peer group support meetings, and an extensive training programme to name just a few benefits.
Throughout our fostering service, we use therapeutic approaches underpinned by The Secure Base model. The Secure Base model was developed through a range of research and practice dissemination projects led by Professor Gillian Schofield and Dr Mary Beek in the Centre for Research on Children and Families.
The model provides a framework for therapeutic caregiving which builds resilience and helps infants, children and young people move towards greater security. All of our foster carers are trained on this model and how to incorporate it into the care they provide to our young people.
Our in-house therapists are on hand to help guide our foster carers through any difficult behaviour they experience, using The Secure Base Model to offer a therapeutic response.
We're committed to improving lives-and we'd love for you to join our mission.
Could You Become a Foster Carer in 2025?
Many people wonder whether they're eligible to foster. The truth is, that fostering is more accessible than you might think.
To become a foster carer, you need to:
- Be over 21 years old
- Have British Citizenship or indefinite leave to remain in the UK
- Have a spare bedroom
If you meet this initial criteria and are in good health, we'd love to hear from you. Whether you're single, married, renting, or a homeowner-fostering could be the perfect role for you.
How to Get Started
If fostering has been on your mind, why not take the first step today? The first step on the foster carer journey is to make an enquiry.
You can pick up the phone and give us a call, there is no obligation for anything more than a chat. Call us on 0800 5 677677 and we will be happy to help you. Or if you prefer, you can enquire online and we will get in touch: https://family-care.co.uk/enquire-to-foster/
We understand that every enquiry is unique, and we're here to support and guide you every step of the way.
Make a Difference in 2025
When considering your New Year's resolutions, why not think beyond personal goals? Imagine the impact you could make by opening your home and heart to a child who needs support.
This year, give back and transform lives-starting with fostering.
For more information, visit our FAQs page, follow us on Facebook and Instagram, or give us a call today. Let's make 2025 a year to remember!
If you want to give something back and would like to discuss a career in fostering, please get in touch today.
Read more about our application process here.
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