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Fostering in Devon

Are you interested in becoming a foster carer?

Not sure about what to do next?

What we do.

We provide comprehensive information about foster care in Devon helping you to reduce the risk of you choosing the wrong fostering agency.

How we do it. 

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

Why use our free service?

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.

Let’s get together.

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 online fostering eligibility quiz, and get fostering right first time!

Fostering Statistics: South West

Total Children in Care, SW 2020
Foster Care Placements, SW 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 : 220
4%
Unaccompanied Asylum Seekers : 240
4%

No Data Found

No Data Found

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

Try these: South WestDevonExeter

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 - Devon?

Devon has England’s longest public footpath, The South West Coast Path, which runs along both coasts as it winds from Minehead to Poole. Devon has two separate coastlines, one to the south on the English Channel and another to the north on the Bristol Channel.

The last ‘witches’ to be hanged in Britain were three women from Bideford in Devon, in 1682 and Devon is a stronghold for one of the rarest breeding birds in England, the cirl bunting.

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