Can You Foster If You Have Pets?
Cats, dogs and the occasional chicken are welcome in foster homes across London. Here is what actually gets assessed, and the one exception: GLF cannot approve a household keeping one of the five banned dog breeds, even with a Certificate of Exemption.
Do You Need a Spare Bedroom to Foster?
For a child aged three or over you will need a bedroom that is theirs, but for a baby a cot in your own room is often enough. Here is what the national standard actually says, what we check when we visit, and what happens to your Housing Benefit while a spare room sits empty.
Can Single People Foster? An Honest Look at Fostering on Your Own
No law in England says a foster carer needs a partner, and single people are approved as foster carers every year. Here is what fostering on your own actually involves, from the support network question and the spare bedroom rule to the pay, with the hard parts left in.
Can You Foster in a Rented Home or a Flat?
Renting does not stop you fostering, and neither does living in a flat. Since 1 May 2026 your landlord cannot use a tenancy clause to block a foster child. Here is what that means, and how the bedroom rules actually work.
Can You Foster If You Work? An Honest Answer
No law stops a foster carer from having a job, and availability matters far more than the hours on your contract. Here is what fostering really takes out of a week, which jobs fit around it, and where you stand on pay, tax, employment rights and childcare in August 2026.
Family Time: What Contact With a Child’s Birth Family Really Involves
Will they know where I live? Won’t seeing their mum unsettle them? What contact with a child’s birth family really involves, who decides it, and how to get a child through the hour afterwards.
Therapeutic Parenting and PACE: What It Actually Means for Foster Carers
Therapeutic parenting sounds like something you would need a psychology degree for. You would not. PACE was built for ordinary carers in ordinary kitchens, and most of it comes down to ten difficult minutes.
What Is Parent and Child Fostering? A Guide to This Specialist Role
Instead of caring for a child alone, you welcome a parent and their baby and help that parent learn to care safely. What the role involves, who it suits, and whether you could do it.
Understanding Trauma and Attachment: How Foster Carers Help a Child Feel Safe
What if the child has been through something terrible and I do not know what to say? Helping a child recover is not about saying the perfect thing. It is about being steady, and being there tomorrow.
Could You Be a Foster Carer? Common Myths About Who Can Foster
Age, postcode, renting, being single. People rule themselves out of fostering over things that simply are not true. We unpick the most common myths so you can judge your own situation on the facts.