Fostering is a way of providing a stable family life for children and young people, who are unable to live with their parents at a point in time. Fostering allows children the chance to thrive in a safe, secure, loving and caring home environment with foster carers. The children and young people placed with foster carers are from a diverse range of backgrounds and will display different behavior depending upon their various experiences.

All children and young people are different however, they all need security, stability and the chance to develop and thrive with carers who understand what is fostering and have empathy for the child’s situation. Fostering gives you the opportunity to help often very vulnerable children in their time of greatest need. By offering love and care you might be able to break a cycle of abuse and neglect and help a child to heal. With your guidance they can rebuild their sense of self worth and grow into happy and healthy adults.

As a foster carer, you will have a huge impact on a young person’s life, creating a more positive future and enabling them to fulfill their potential.

There is an increasing need of foster carers to accommodate the increased number of children coming into care. There are many agencies however due to the high needs of children and the increasing number, the UK is still short by 8000 fostering holds per year. The number of children coming to care is likely to increase therefore there will be an increase in fostering families needed to accommodate the high number of children in care.

Rising Stars Rainbow Fostering work closely with local authorities, who provide alternative care arrangements for children and young people. At such times they will approach us to ask if we can provide a carer. We believe that it is very important to work closely with the local authority in order to monitor children/young people's progress whilst they are placed with our foster carers.

Fostering can be challenging, but it can also be extremely rewarding. You can make a real difference to a young person’s life with the help and support from the Rising stars team.

For more information call us on 0203 488 5464 or email us on info@risingstarsfostering.co.uk