Foster Carer Recruitment

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We want to make it easier for people in RCT to become foster carers so that more children can grow up in safe, stable, local family homes.

What this project is about

We want to hear from people who:

  • have never thought about fostering

  • don’t know much about fostering

  • have thought about fostering but never taken the next step or made an enquiry

  • aren’t sure if fostering is for them

Your views will help us understand what stops people from fostering and what might encourage more people to take the first step.

To do this, we will gather different types of evidence to understand:

  • Why people don’t foster

  • What is causing the national shortage of foster carers

  • What could motivate more people to consider fostering

  • How RCT’s current recruitment approach could be improved to attract and keep more foster carers

Our aim is to use this information to shape better, more effective recruitment strategies.



Cliciwch yma am y Gymraeg

We want to make it easier for people in RCT to become foster carers so that more children can grow up in safe, stable, local family homes.

What this project is about

We want to hear from people who:

  • have never thought about fostering

  • don’t know much about fostering

  • have thought about fostering but never taken the next step or made an enquiry

  • aren’t sure if fostering is for them

Your views will help us understand what stops people from fostering and what might encourage more people to take the first step.

To do this, we will gather different types of evidence to understand:

  • Why people don’t foster

  • What is causing the national shortage of foster carers

  • What could motivate more people to consider fostering

  • How RCT’s current recruitment approach could be improved to attract and keep more foster carers

Our aim is to use this information to shape better, more effective recruitment strategies.



  • October 2026

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    We are continuing to work with the Fostering Team and are delivering two focus groups with existing foster carers to explore their fostering journey, identifying key themes and ideas to help shape future recruitment. The questions for the focus groups have been co-designed with some of RCT’s pioneer foster carers and one pioneer has volunteered to co-facilitate with the HDRC.

    We are also holding interviews with people who started the foster carer journey but dropped out for unknown reasons, looking to understand what caused their dropout and whether any alternative support could have changed this.

    Once this work is completed, all the evidence will be looked at by the fostering team and will help shape their recruitment plans for the future.

    We are continuing to work with the Fostering Team and are delivering two focus groups with existing foster carers to explore their fostering journey, identifying key themes and ideas to help shape future recruitment. The questions for the focus groups have been co-designed with some of RCT’s pioneer foster carers and one pioneer has volunteered to co-facilitate with the HDRC.

    We are also holding interviews with people who started the foster carer journey but dropped out for unknown reasons, looking to understand what caused their dropout and whether any alternative support could have changed this.

    Once this work is completed, all the evidence will be looked at by the fostering team and will help shape their recruitment plans for the future.

Page last updated: 07 Oct 2026, 09:40 AM