Cornwall Council Fostering Service

Fostering is a way of providing a safe and secure home for children who cannot live with their own parents. Often, this is on a temporary basis whilst the parents get help to sort out problems.

Children often return to their parents after a period of being in foster care, as long as it is clear that the issues that brought them into care have been successfully resolved, and that their parents can look after them safely. Other children stay in foster care on a permanent basis, some are adopted and some move on to live independently.

We have a real shortage of foster carers. We need people like you be brave and take the step to make a call and find out more. You don’t need to be perfect - you just need to care.