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Fostering in Durham

Foster carers needed in Durham.

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

Different types of fostering, allowance, pay, babies, children, teenagers, advice?

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.

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To find if you meet the UK fostering criteria and take the next step towards a career as a foster carer. Use our no-obligation, free agency matching service by completing our fostering eligibility quiz, and get fostering right first time!

Fostering Statistics: North East

Total Children in Care, North East 2020
Foster Care Placements, North East 2020

The following statistics are from the total number of children in care in the North East, and not exclusively those in Foster Care.

Children with disability : 100
2%
Unaccompanied Asylum Seekers : 50
1%

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Popular Placement Types: Vary in this area.

Related Areas

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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.

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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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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 - Durham?

Charles Dickens stayed in Barnard Castle, Mrs Clements of Durham City invented English mustard and Durham’s Cathedral and Castle, World Heritage Site were one of the first to be designated.

Causey Arch is the world’s oldest surviving railway bridge, the Medieval kitchen at Raby Castle was still in use until 1954 and Durham University Oriental Museum is home to an Egyptian cat’s coffin.

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