Welcome to Fostering South West, the combined voice of local council foster care across the whole region. For the very first time, we’re coming together behind a shared mission: to welcome more people into the rewarding journey of foster care and improve experiences for both carers, and the children they nurture.

Fostering South West represents a partnership among the 15 local councils from across the south west of England. For the first time, fostering services across the region are collaborating to actively recruit essential prospective foster carers and come together to improve the retention of foster carers, via the Mockingbird scheme.

Our philosophy is all about collaboration – sharing knowledge, and creating better futures for children, together. As part of this collective fostering community, we are also offering prospective foster carers an increased level of support through the creation of a specialised support hub. Take the first step in your fostering journey and get in touch with a member of our team today!

Foster in your community

As a collaboration of fostering services, the local authority fostering teams are bringing together a collective in-depth experience and knowledge of our communities, the needs of families, children and the young people in our care. Our commitment is to work together and share resources to give foster carers and children in care the best possible experiences of fostering with their local authorities.