Fostering

Fostering is a way of providing a safe and secure home and family care for child or young person who, for various reasons, is unable to live with their own family. Foster care may be needed for a few days or a few weeks or it can be for a much longer period. The aim is for children to return to their own families where possible and where it has been assessed as safe for them to do so.

In Reading we also provide a range of other caring schemes whereby children and young people are supported by adults for different periods of time.

If you would like to help change a child's life and find out more about becoming a foster carer or a short-term carer for disabled children, please click on the Do Something Special - Become a Foster Carer link below.  This will take you to our Carer Recruitment area which contains lots more information and an initial enquiry form.