Permanent foster family profiles
Approved families waiting to be matched with a foster child.
If you would like an approved family you are working with to be featured, please call the team on 020 7421 2658 or email us. The cost is £25 for up to a year.
Northern England
Julia, Peter and Jake are a very close-knit family. They enjoy going on holiday, to the cinema and to ice hockey matches. Julia and Peter are a warm, friendly, contented couple. They have an extensive support network, all of whom are aware of the couple’s wish to permanently foster a disabled child, and are prepared to offer their ongoing support.
Patricia and John are caring, welcoming people with a sense of humour and a lot of common sense. Their sons, Michael, Nathan and Sean are lively, welcoming, inquisitive boys, weager to share their home with a child. Patricia and John will offer a solid, stable, fun family lifestyle.
Suzanne, Ray, Chantelle and Conor are an active family who enjoy various outdoor activities. Suzanne and Ray have a good social life, which centres around spending quality time with family and friends. Their home will appeal to young people because of the large garden and the conservatory that acts as a games room. Suzanne and Ray’s complementary natures and enthusiasm will make them excellent permanent foster carers.
Thandi is a bubbly, friendly and hospitable single woman who is full of hugs. She is well known in her area, mainly for her attempts to improve things locally, and her ability to speak out on behalf of others. Thandi originates from Zimbabwe, where she looked after a child with learning difficulties for six months. She also has a diploma in general nursing and is a qualified midwife. Thandi would love to care for a child with learning disabilities and/or special needs.
South-east England
Saadia and Syed are a smiley, welcoming couple. They have two daughters, aged seven and nine. The family live in a multicultural area, with a Mosque nearby. Saadia and Syed consider religion to be very important, and feel especially able to care for a Muslim child, of any ethnicity.
John and Mary have a relationship that has grown out of mutual respect and commitment, as well as their Christian values. John and Mary enjoy spending time together and entertaining friends. They have the space to foster up to two children.
Grace and Stephen complement each other in their marriage. Grace is chatty and enthusiastic, while Stephen is quiet, calm and relaxed. They have two grown-up children. As a family they are close and informal. Their approach to fostering is to do whatever is in the best interest of the child.
South-west England
Mobin and Frida are a warm and patient married couple, committed to providing a safe, happy, caring and stable home. They live in a large five-bedroomed Victorian house in an ethnically diverse area. The couple consider themselves to be a traditional Pakistani Muslim family.
Kate, Andy and Leah
are a family who enjoy activities like swimming, horse riding and ballet lessons, bike rides, ten-pin bowling and cinema trips. Kate and Andy are ready to offer long-term stability and commitment to a child or young person with disabilities or complex needs, particularly profound, multiple learning difficulties or physical care needs. They have supportive family and friends in their local area.
Valerie and Brian are a friendly, welcoming and confident couple who have been married for 34 years. Valerie is a bubbly, chatty and caring, while Brian is more reserved and thoughtful. Valerie and Brian love family life and have a wealth of parenting and care experience. They live in a bungalow that is ideal for a disabled child.
Central England
Annette and Adrian are a close, loving couple who encourage a friendly, welcoming environment. They live with their son and enjoy swimming, bike riding and walking. Annette’s previous work makes them particularly suitable for children with special needs.
Zanny and Marge are an outgoing, enthusiastic couple with a sense of humour and fun. They have been together for nine years and support each other 100 per cent. Zanny and Marge live in a large five-bedroomed home, in a 450-acre conservation area. They want to offer a safe, loving home.
Diljeet and Palbinder are a married couple with a strong sense of family unity and identity, who live with their two sons and two daughters in a large house. They are a modern and traditional Sikh couple who speak fluent English and Punjabi. They have lived in Britain all their lives. Diljeet and Palbinder have a wealth of knowledge from bringing up their own family and this, coupled with Palbinder’s job as an adoption social worker, means that they have a good understanding of the needs of looked after children.
Claudette is a single carer who loves walking and attending the gym. She lives in a three-bedroomed terraced house, which she owns, in the Midlands with her adoptive daughter, aged 15. Claudette has a personal understanding of many of the issues that a black child in care might face, and of the difficulties in maintaining relationships with birth family.
Last updated: 17 November 08
