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Everything fostering. One place.

FosterFolk is a free website for anyone in England who is thinking about fostering. It is for foster carers too.

We are putting plain answers to your questions in one place. You will also see what local authorities near you pay foster carers.

Hear when FosterFolk opens

Give us your email address and we will tell you when FosterFolk opens. That is all we ask for today.

Your email address

We use it to send the emails you choose. We never show it.

When you sign up, we keep your email address on a FosterFolk profile:

Keep my answers on my FosterFolk profile. We use them so the site and our emails suit you. You can see, change, download or delete them in your preference centre. You can say no to any question and still use the site.

What you will find here

Plain answers
Answers to the questions people ask about fostering. Each one shows where its facts came from.
Pay where you live
What each local authority in England pays foster carers, and the date we checked it.
Your local authority
Put in your postcode to find your local authority. We also show the ones next to it, because you can foster with them too.
Ask Hazel
Hazel is our AI guide. Ask her anything about fostering and she shows where each answer came from.

Everything fostering. One place.

Hear when FosterFolk opens

What you will find here

Plain answers

Pay where you live

Your local authority

Ask Hazel

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