Bristol City Council Fostering

Bristol City Council Fostering Finding foster homes for children in Bristol. By providing a stable and welcoming home for a child you’re giving them the chance for a better future.

Fostering is a rewarding way to make a positive difference to a child’s life and a wonderful way to enrich your own. We welcome people of any ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion. It doesn’t matter whether you’re married, in a civil partnership, or single, whether you have a job, or if you have a disability or long term health issue. There’s no typical foster family, just as there’s no typical child.

Are you a foster carer? Do you have friends that would make good foster carers? You can get up to £500 when you refer a ...
20/08/2026

Are you a foster carer?

Do you have friends that would make good foster carers?

You can get up to £500 when you refer a friend.

There’s more information on the offer here: https://orlo.uk/yi10a

Children and young people who arrive in the UK seeking refugee status, without their parents or carers, are usually look...
18/08/2026

Children and young people who arrive in the UK seeking refugee status, without their parents or carers, are usually looked after by local councils and placed with foster carers.

These children will have emotional, practical and cultural needs that you'll have to understand and support.

If you think you could:
✅give them a safe and supportive home environment
✅offer emotional support and be patient
✅support them with education, appointments, and leisure activities
✅learn about their culture and religion and make it part of your home life
✅help them build a new life, make friends, and create meaningful relationships

Then you could be a foster carer for an unaccompanied asylum-seeking child.

For more information, visit: https://orlo.uk/gk4NV

A parent and child foster carer helps parents stay with their children. As a parent and child carer, you’ll supervise a ...
16/08/2026

A parent and child foster carer helps parents stay with their children.

As a parent and child carer, you’ll supervise a new parent(s) and their child in the first few months of their relationship. You would help develop their parenting skills and hopefully keep them together in the long term.

If you think you have what it takes to become a Parent and Child foster carer, then visit our specialist fostering page: https://orlo.uk/GcBk8

Bristol urgently needs people who can keep siblings together. When children enter our care, in too many cases they end u...
14/08/2026

Bristol urgently needs people who can keep siblings together.

When children enter our care, in too many cases they end up in placements apart from their brothers or sisters.

When you agree to take on siblings, you help them maintain valuable relationships. You also allow them to settle more quickly, because they can support and rely on each other.

For more information about fostering siblings, visit: https://orlo.uk/o1n73

We'll be at Porto Lounge in Fishponds on Friday 14 August between 3 and 4pm. Drop in, have a cuppa and say hello. We'd ...
12/08/2026

We'll be at Porto Lounge in Fishponds on Friday 14 August between 3 and 4pm.

Drop in, have a cuppa and say hello. We'd love to talk about fostering with you.

📖 We’ll be at Westbury on Trym library tomorrow, Wednesday 12th August, 11am – 12.30pm. Come and talk to the team and as...
11/08/2026

📖 We’ll be at Westbury on Trym library tomorrow, Wednesday 12th August, 11am – 12.30pm. Come and talk to the team and ask any questions you might have about fostering. 📚

Come along to a virtual information session on Tuesday 11 August and get all your fostering questions answered!Join the ...
07/08/2026

Come along to a virtual information session on Tuesday 11 August and get all your fostering questions answered!

Join the 1pm session via this link: https://orlo.uk/cCdmE

Join the 7pm session via this link: https://orlo.uk/n3j71

Who's coming to the harbour festival this weekend? Remember to bring sun cream and lots of water! We'll be there too. Fi...
17/07/2026

Who's coming to the harbour festival this weekend?

Remember to bring sun cream and lots of water!

We'll be there too.

Find us in Queen Square from 11am - 6pm on Saturday and Sunday.

We can't wait to talk about fostering with you.

⚠️ UPDATE – PLEASE NOTE ⚠️Unfortunately, this event will no longer be taking place due to the recent closure of the café...
09/07/2026

⚠️ UPDATE – PLEASE NOTE ⚠️

Unfortunately, this event will no longer be taking place due to the recent closure of the café. We apologise for any confusion or inconvenience caused.

If you have any questions about fostering or would like to find out more, please email [email protected] and a member of the team will be happy to help.
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We'll be at Grounded Cafe in St George tomorrow ( Friday 10 July) between 15:30 and 16:30pm.

Come along and have a cuppa, we'd love to answer any and all questions about fostering.

📍287 Church Rd, Redfield, Bristol BS5 9HT

We're at Henleaze Library on Tuesday 30 June between 11am and 12:30pm. Come along and say hello.
27/06/2026

We're at Henleaze Library on Tuesday 30 June between 11am and 12:30pm.

Come along and say hello.

Address

1 Smeaton Road
Bristol
BS16XN

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm

Telephone

+441173534200

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