Foster Care Resource Centre

Order publications

Visit our new publications website to order publications online and for details of other ways to order.

Browse all resources from the Fostering Network

Including information sheets, policy papers, consultations, newsletters and more

If you can't find what you are looking for in the resources published by the Fostering Network, try searching our library catalogue which contains details of around 6,000 books, reports, websites and more, on all aspects of fostering.

Foster Care magazine

Foster Care is our flagship quarterly magazine. Visit Foster Care online

Key resource lists

Lists of key resources in the topic areas we are asked about most often have been compiled by our resource centre staff to make finding the right information easier for members of the Fostering Network.

View the complete range of key resource lists (you need to be logged in to download the lists)

Fostering statistics

Statistics on looked after children across the UK for 2007-08: view statistics. Figures for 2008-09 will be published in November 2009.

Information enquiries

Use our online enquiry form or call our information line on 020 7261 1884 between 10am and 4pm Monday to Friday.

If you would like further advice and support, see our advice services for who to contact in each UK nation.