Overview

When you become a foster carer, you play an important role in a young person’s life by giving them a safe, secure and loving home. 

We urgently need more foster carers to provide children and young people with a safe and caring home while they're unable to live with their own families. 

We offer amazing training and competitive allowances to all our carers. 

Video about what it's like to be a foster carer.

Reasons to foster with us

When you foster with the Royal Borough of Greenwich, you join a supportive community of valued foster families. We offer all our foster families: 

  • 24-hour support 

  • a generous, competitive 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 and Greenwich Foster Carers Association 

  • support through a Fostering Support Task Group 

  • annual events for foster carers  

  • the opportunity to join the Mockingbird Family Programme