October 2026

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.