Foster care associations
What is a foster care association?
A foster care association is a local voluntary organisation set up and run by foster carers, usually together with social workers and sometimes with others involved with or interested in foster care.
A foster care association can help in a number of ways:
- providing mutual support for foster carers
- promoting working partnerships
- representing foster carers as a group
- developing awareness, knowledge and skills
- creating opportunities for children and young people to meet together.
If you would like information on how to set up a foster care association, you can download this information sheet.
Free membership of the Fostering Network
Free affiliate membership of the Fostering Network comes with many benefits for foster care associations:
- complimentary copies of the information leaflets "Signposts" in your starter pack
- one copy of Foster Care magazine every quarter
- one copy of the mailings (information leaflets concerning foster care issues or the Fostering Network AGM) distributed with Foster Care magazine
- a copy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Fostering Network
- access to information and expertise.
Download a copy of the membership application form for foster care associations.
For further information contact our membership department: email membership@fostering.net
Membership development project in England
Big Lottery Fund is funding us over three years to support and promote foster care associations, and facilitate regional forums and a national forum.
In this way we aim to strengthen the positive influence that foster carers have on the fostering service.
For more information contact our foster care association development worker Fiona Healey on fiona.healey@fostering.net or download a project information leaflet.
