We are still buzzing from our recent chat with BBC Radio Manchester! Excited to share a snippet from Allan and Cathy's interview on HOME Fostering! 🎧 Give it a listen and help us to raise awareness

There are so many misconceptions about fostering - and they stop amazing people from coming forward. ‘𝙁𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣’- Thank you Nigat (Foster Carer and HOME Panel Member) for sharing your lived experience to help set the record straight 👇 ❌ 𝗠𝘆𝘁𝗵: You need to own your own home or have a spare room ✅ 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁: You can foster if you rent - what matters is having a safe, stable environment. HOME Fostering supports incredible p

#ThisIsFostering– we are celebrating the life changing impact foster carers have on children and young people throughout The Fostering Network's #FosterCareFortnight Thank you Nigat (Foster Carer and HOME Panel Member) for sharing your powerful fostering story - such a beautiful window into her life as a foster carer. This moment of impact is so precious. Thank you to every foster carer opening their home and heart to children who need care, safety, stability and belonging. W

This year’s theme is #ThisIsFostering, so over the next two weeks we’ll be shining a light on the everyday realities of fostering while raising awareness of the life - changing impact foster carers have on children and young people. Thank you to every foster carer opening their home, heart, time, patience, wisdom and resilience to children who need care, safety, stability and belonging. “Because fostering is not a slogan. It is early mornings, school runs, difficult conversat

Fantastic BBC Manchester article on HOME Fostering Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0l2z7nylxdo

We just wanted to say thank you to everyone who came and shared our launch event with us last week and to those who weren’t able to join us but sent their good wishes. We all really enjoyed the chance to catch up with you all and to share our journey so far. There was so much support for us and for HOME Fostering in the room, we’re really grateful HOME Fostering is now registered and accepting applications across Greater Manchester! Many thanks The 𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗘 Fostering team 😊

Please watch the highlights of our launch event

Getting ready for our HOME Fostering launch party this Thursday evening! Time to grow!🌻🏡

We are gearing up ahead of our big launch event 30 Apr 2026 and we are now live on a number of different social media platforms. You are invited to ‘follow’ or ‘subscribe’ to join our exciting journey Facebook Instagram LinkedIn TikTok YouTube Thanks for the ongoing support😊