Could you...Foster with Royal Greenwich?
Start your journey today!
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LGBTQ+ Foster Carers welcome in Royal Greenwich
We're proud to have an inclusive network of foster carers....Could you join them?
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You could be a Private Foster Carer
If you're caring for a young person who is not a relative, we can help!
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Become part of our valued network of foster carers and change a child's life
Congratulations on taking the first step into fostering with the Royal Borough of Greenwich. Foster carers play a huge role in helping shape the future of young people in care.
We urgently need more foster carers to provide children and young people with a safe and caring home while they are unable to live with their own families.
To find out more about fostering, call our friendly team on 0800 052 1499.
You can also email for more information and advice or sign up to one of our regular information events
Hear from some of our incredible foster carers about what fostering with us is like.
Why foster with the Royal Borough of Greenwich?
When you foster with the Royal Borough of Greenwich you are not just providing a safe and stable home for a child, you are joining our supportive community of valued foster families. We offer all our foster families:
- 24 hour support
- A generous, competitve allowance
- Excellent ongoing training and mentoring
- Regular visits and contact with your supervising social worker
- A variety of support groups and a counselling service
- Membership to The Fostering Network & Greenwich Foster Carers Association
- A Fostering Support Task Group
- Annual events for foster carers
- The Mockingbird Family Programme
- Applying to be a foster carer
- Who can foster
- Different ways you can foster
- Fostering information events
- Arranging for a child to live with family or friends
- Fostering support and financial help
- Private fostering
- Fostering Statement of Purpose
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) foster carers
- The Mockingbird Family Model
- Foster carer's experiences