What is Fostering Friendly?
Fair Ways Fostering Friendly Charter offers businesses of any size a chance to make a difference for foster carers and the children they care for in their local communities while improving support for their own employees.
Fair Ways are promoting the Fostering Friendly campaign in the Portsmouth area as we seek to make Portsmouth the leading Fostering Friendly city in the UK.
Nearly 40 per cent of foster carers combine fostering with other work. Those who do, tell us a supportive employer can make all the difference, enabling them to balance employment with looking after children.
I'm confused. Why are Fair Ways promoting this campaign?
As a local Fostering charity, Fair Ways are seeking to lead the campaign for change in our local community. We want Portsmouth to be known as a region that is committed to supporting children in care.
With very few adjustments and adaptations, local employers can sign up to become a Fostering Friendly Employer.
We hope that this will help bridge the gap and provide more opportunities for people to make a difference to children in care, as there is currently a need for more than 6,500 Foster Carers in the UK.
Sign Up To Become a Fostering Friendly Employer
Fair Ways Fostering Friendly Charter offers businesses of any size a chance to make a difference for foster carers and the children they care for in their local communities and improve support for their own employees at the same time.
Becoming a Fostering Friendly Employer is a straightforward process, but it can have a significant impact on your employees and on fostering.
Complete our initial sign up form, and our team will be in touch
Our team will send you a personalised sign-up pack and reading materials
You sign the Fostering Friendly Charter and return it to Fair Ways
You're now a Fostering Friendly Employer, and can display new branding
Companies Signed Up to Fair Ways Fostering Friendly Charter
Benefits of Being Fostering Friendly
Once you are approved, you can display your Fostering Friendly logo with pride.
Fair Ways will publish a list of all organisations that sign up to our Fostering Friendly Charter and will help promote and celebrate your new status.
Fostering Friendly Employers can improve support for staff, making workplaces friendlier for foster carers, benefiting the children in their care and also making it easier for people to consider fostering.
You will share in the celebration of foster care and the vital role it has in transforming children’s lives.
Combining Work
It is possible to combine fostering with other work, if fostering agencies and employers are supportive and flexible.
This report highlights the importance of fostering services thinking differently about how they recruit and retain people to care, and provide a positive role model, for some of our most vulnerable children.
Take the First Step
Begin your journey, and complete our sign up form using the link below.
Our team will then be in touch to walk you through the process of becoming a Fostering Friendly Employer, or just help you to find out the important information!
Enquire to become a foster carer
Join and receive world-class training and support, from an organisation that cares.
Enquire today