Fostering In Cambridge
Foster care plays a vital role in supporting vulnerable children in Cambridge and the surrounding Cambridgeshire area. Local foster carers provide the stability, reassurance and consistent care that young people need when they are unable to live with their birth families. A safe, nurturing home can make an extraordinary difference at a crucial time in a child’s life.
Through patience, understanding and steady guidance, foster carers in Cambridge help children rebuild confidence and begin to believe in their own potential. Remaining within their local community wherever possible — close to familiar schools, friendships and support networks — can provide important continuity and security.
Fostering is a meaningful commitment, both challenging and deeply rewarding. By opening your home in Cambridge, you could offer a child stability, encouragement and the opportunity to move forward positively. In doing so, you may not only change a young person’s future, but also discover just how powerful that difference can be.
Why Foster With Us?
Fostering Hearts is a family-run, independent fostering agency committed to providing strong and consistent support to our foster carers. We welcome carers into a close, supportive community built around a shared commitment to ensuring every child has a safe, stable and nurturing home.
When you join Fostering Hearts, you receive personalised training and ongoing development designed to equip you for the realities of fostering. Our supervising social workers support around six families each, allowing for meaningful, responsive guidance rather than occasional contact. Alongside 24/7 support, we provide both practical and emotional assistance throughout your fostering journey.
We also offer competitive fostering fees — £479.50 per week for children aged 0–10 and £507.50 per week for young people aged 11+ — helping to provide financial stability while you focus on caring for a child.
Being part of Fostering Hearts is about more than taking on a role. It is about contributing positively to your community, supported by a dedicated team that stands alongside you as you make a lasting difference in the lives of vulnerable children.
“We are dedicated to recruiting 27 new fostering families in Cambridgeshire over the next 36 months, we want to make a real difference locally”
Emma Rawlinson, Registered Manager
Benefits of being a Fostering hearts Carer?
All of our foster carers receive a weekly fostering fee of £479.50 for children aged 0–10 and £507.50 per week for young people aged 11+. This reflects the responsibility, time and dedication involved in providing a safe, stable and nurturing home.
Alongside competitive fees, we offer consistent, high-quality support. Our carers have access to 24/7 support from our agency, ensuring guidance is always available when needed. You will also receive regular supervision visits from your supervising social worker, who supports around six families, allowing for personalised, responsive and meaningful support throughout your fostering journey.
our job is find the spark in every child
Fostering Hearts devotes itself to helping every child in their care find their unique spark. Their foster parents offer customized support and resources that provide a nurturing environment for children to explore their interests, develop skills, and fulfil their potential.
Whether through enriching trips, engaging activities or simple conversations, Fostering Hearts foster parents cultivate a safe space for children to express themselves and discover their unique talents.
By delving deeper into the needs of vulnerable children, Fostering Hearts goes above and beyond to ensure each young person in their care is provided with an opportunity to explore their identity and potential.
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