Annual Review 2024-25

The Fostering Network, the UK's leading fostering charity, published its 2024-25 Annual Review covering a year of programme growth and policy influence. The Fostering Friendly Employers scheme expanded to cover 680,000 employees; 95 Fostering Wellbeing Pioneers are active in Wales; and 191 young people engaged in adventure programmes in Northern Ireland. A refreshed five-year strategy was launched and parliamentary debates on foster care took place in all four nations. Total income was £9.36m and expenditure £7.97m.

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Foster Care Fortnight national campaign; Mockingbird Family Model; Step Up Step Down programme; Young People's Advisory Boards (Scotland, Wales, NI); Fostering Attainment and Achievement (NI); Kinship care support; policy and advocacy across all four UK nations; member legal and training services; #TicktheBox campaign Custom geography from upload: England & Wales

📊Key Metrics

55,000 foster carers and 370 fostering service providers as members across the UK Key Metric 1

45 new Fostering Friendly Employers recruited, bringing the scheme to over 680,000 employees across the UK Key Metric 2

95 Fostering Wellbeing Pioneers in Wales offering peer support and mentoring to fellow foster carers Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

191 children and young people engaged in outdoor adventure weeks through the Fostering Attainment and Achievement programme in Northern Ireland
Parliamentary debates on foster care held in Welsh Parliament, Scottish Parliament and Westminster during Foster Care Fortnight 2024
New five-year strategy launched with clear ambition to enrich, empower and strengthen bonds across the UK fostering community