Our Values & Mission

Foster Care Matters is a not-for-profit fostering agency,
making children matter. We aim to:

To provide safe, caring and supportive homes for children and young people requiring foster care.
To develop a supportive and nurturing fostering service that treats its foster parents with respect and understanding with an emphasis on well-being.
To be a driver of positive change in the fostering sector through excellent practice and collaboration with other not-for-profit services to increase the number and quality of foster placements available to Local Authorities outside the profit-based sector.
To offer trauma-informed support and training to our foster parents to help children recover from their trauma and past losses and achieve their potential.

Honest and fair

We undertake to treat every case fairly on its individual merits. Foster Care Matters aims to be honest and realistic in all our communications.

Inclusive

We strive to ensure equality of opportunity, both for our foster parent families and amongst our staff and trustees, regardless of gender, race, religion, culture, heritage, age, disability or sexuality.

Flexible

We aim to continually develop and improve our services and increase engagement with our service users, using their feedback and suggestions to inform future developments.

Ethical

We work to high ethical standards including: good communication, transparency, honesty, accountability, professionalism, trust and mutual respect.

Celebrating difference

We work within a culture of respect and acceptance, treating everyone who engages with the agency fairly, professionally and with respect to people’s right to confidentiality.