A bright future is the right of every young person. To get there, we need to give more children in care the best possible start – we need to recruit more foster carers.
It’s not a simple task. Every year people work hard to promote the incredible role Foster Carers play and drive up enquiries, but factors stop ‘would be foster carers’ making it through. Some are non-negotiable – strong values, skills, and belief in changing young lives. Others are practical, like property. To foster, you need a suitable home: big enough, welcoming enough, stable enough. This hits younger carers hard, already struggling with the cost of living and housing.
At HOME we’re building a creative model to support carers in securing
housing across Greater Manchester.
Made possible by Salford-based Social AdVentures, our agency is the first of its kind in the UK, using international best practice and a not-for-profit model – creating impact, reinvestment, and nationally shared learning.
6,000+
Foster Carer shortage
Data from The Fostering Network, 2025.
45%
of Children Looked After are placed outside their home LA boundary.
Department for Education data, 2025.
25,000
Carer enquiries didn't progress due to property barriers.
Estimated UK wide data relating to 2023/24.
1 in 2
chance of a sibling group of three being separated.
Based on national data 2025/26
The challenge in numbers.
By increasing the availability of larger Foster homes we'll keep more siblings together.
Resulting in belonging, familiarity and connection for children - building bonds for life.
We'll actively support more 'would be carers' into secure, suitable and stable housing.
Our part of the 'answer'.
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