Who can be a foster carer?

Foster carers come from a wide variety of backgrounds and circumstances. Some families have a mum and a dad, some families just a mum or just a dad. Some families have two mums or two dads. There is no such thing as a typical foster carer. Every family is unique. You can be:

• single, married or divorced
• living with a disability
• of any sexual orientation
• of any ethnic origin or religion
• working, looking for work or retired
• renting or owning your home
• a parent with your own children
• someone without children

We welcome people from all walks of life, as long as you are willing to celebrate and support each child as a unique individual, including their ethnicity and cultural heritage. We believe it is best for children to live with foster carers who reflect and understand a child’s heritage, ethnic origin, culture and language, and so we need carers from all types of backgrounds.