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Fostering in Canterbury

Are you interested in becoming a foster carer?
Not sure about taking the next step?

Fostering information.

We provide comprehensive information about foster care and help you to reduce the risk of you choosing the wrong fostering agency.

Fostering agencies.

From your contact form, one of our social work experts will match you and your situation with the most suitable fostering agencies in Canterbury, on our UK Independent Agency Database.

Types of fostering, allowance, pay, babies, children?

Just like people, Fostering Agencies are not all the same. They have different support, allowances, quality of training, and access to respite care and support groups.

Not all agencies foster babies, some prefer to look after teenagers, some agencies expect you to be at home full time, others are happy if you have another job.

Be a foster carer – Let’s get together.

We can help you to find the best agencies to choose from.

To find out more and to take the next step towards a career as a foster carer, use our no obligation, free agency matching service by completing our eligibility quiz, and get fostering right first time!

Fostering Statistics: South East

Total Children in Care, SE 2020
Foster Care Placements, SE 2020

The following statistics are from the total number of children in care in the South West and not exclusively those in Foster Care.

Children with disability : 420
4%
Unaccompanied Asylum Seekers : 1040
10%

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Popular Placement Types: Vary in this area.

Related Areas

This related area section is currently being reviewed by our team.

What Could You Earn?

Being a foster carer is not only an ethical career, it's also financially rewarding. Our calculators estimate what you could be earning.

Free Matching Service?

If you meet the UK criteria to foster. we will match you with a local Fostering Agency and ask them to call you.
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UK Wide Fostering Network

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If you live in the UK… We’ve got you covered.
We cover the length and breadth of the UK with our unique Agency Network. Finding an Agency near you and supporting your move into foster caring.

 

Did you Know - Canterbury?

King’s School was established in the sixth century, is one of the oldest in the world and is where Somerset Maugham had his ashes scattered. Canterbury Cathedral is one of the oldest in England, and St. Martin’s Church is the oldest in England still in use.

The Archbishop, Thomas (a) Becket was killed in the cathedral in 1170, the word canter comes from the city’s name, in 1348, the Black Death killed thousands of people and Mahatma Gandhi visited the city 1931.

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