The Fostering Network in Scotland

We are the essential network for fostering and we bring together everyone who is involved in the lives of fostered children. We support foster carers to transform children’s lives and we work with fostering services and the wider sector to develop and share best practice.

We work to ensure all fostered children and young people experience stable family life and we are passionate about the difference foster care makes. We champion fostering and seek to create vital change so that foster care is the very best it can be.

Our objectives are:

• Provide opportunities for children and young people that benefit them, make their voices heard and enable them to reach their potential.
• Promote foster care to ensure society understands, values and recognises how foster carers transform children’s lives.
• Influence policy and the legislative framework so it supports and promotes excellence in foster care.
• Support fostering families and the services that work with them to provide the best possible care for children and young people.

Our Glasgow-based team work directly with our members throughout Scotland. Through a wide range of events, training, activities, consultations and projects we aim to involve children and young people, foster carers and fostering services in all we do.