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Foster FOR BROMLEY

Our foster children need you!

Could you give them a loving home?

Next Fostering Meet the Team Session

Wed 13 Dec 1-3pm

Committee Rooms, Bromley Civic Centre, Stockwell Close, Bromley BR1 3UH

Please come along to one of our regular Fostering information sessions to find out some more about Fostering for Bromley and to meet our friendly Fostering team.

No need to book, you are welcome to bring someone along with you if you wish, and children are welcome too. We’ll have hot drinks and biscuits ready!

Did you know?

* You can foster from any age over 21

* You can foster if you own or rent your home, provided you have a spare bedroom

* You can foster if you are single, living with a partner, or married

GUEST COLUMN

What is fostering?

Being a foster carer means providing a family for a baby, child or young person whose family can no longer look after them. There are different types of foster care - some are for short periods of just a few days and others can be for longer periods until the child or young person reaches adulthood. You can find out more about different types of foster care on our Types of fostering page.

Bromley have a diverse group of children who need foster care and we welcome foster carers from a wide variety of backgrounds. Find out if you could become one of the borough’s extraordinary carers on our Who can foster? page. To help you understand what it is like to foster for Bromley, you can read stories about our foster carers and meet our children.

Are you interested? Find out more at https://bromley.mylifeportal.co.uk/fosteringinfo or ring 020 8461 7701.