Leeds City Council has an amazing community of over 700 Foster4Leeds carers, but we still urgently need new people to become foster carers and offer a safe and loving home to children and young people in Leeds.

Our Foster4Leeds team are here to answer questions from everyone, from people who are completely new to the idea of fostering and what it entails, to those who are further on their journey and ready to talk to an adviser.

If you are over 21 and have a spare bedroom, you could be eligible to foster. Foster4Leeds offers different types of foster care roles which could suit your work or other commitments, including long-term and short-term care, emergency care, parent and child, supported lodgings, and more.

Our Foster4Leeds team will support you on every step of your journey, and you’ll have access to exclusive benefits for you and your family.

We spoke to some of our amazing foster carers to find out the difference fostering has made to them.

Emma, a single foster carer, who has been with us for 1 year, said: “I would never know if it would be possible or not unless I gave it a try. It’s completely changed my family’s life and brought us all together. My parents have had the opportunity to take on a more grandparent role and my siblings are getting to be aunties and uncles for the first time.”

Steph, who, with her partner Dom, has been fostering with us for 1 year, said: “Fostering has just been the missing puzzle piece in our lives… Like with any lifestyle change, you adapt. Over time it just gets easier and easier. And everything else just makes up for it.”

Get in touch with us to find out how fostering can make a difference to your lives.

To find out more about Foster4Leeds and the role of a foster carer, hear from current carers, learn more about benefits and support, and see upcoming information event dates and locations, visit https://foster4.leeds.gov.uk/