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If you feel committed to improving a child's life, you're over 21 and have a spare bedroom, you can foster. Essex County Council's fostering team will help you with finding a type of fostering that works for you, and your family.
Fostering is a flexible role
Different types of fostering is available. You can foster a child from one weekend a month, all the way up to full time.
Our foster carer community is inclusive
We have foster carers who are single, married, living with their own children. Some of our foster carers work flexibly in another job, and some have retired.
“Never underestimate the impact you might have on a young person, even if you’re only with them for a short period of time,"