Fostering Together
We understand that fostering can be both challenging and rewarding. We have developed Fostering Together to ensure our foster carers receive the support they deserve to help our children in their care.
Imagine being part of a community where children feel safe, supported, and truly seen and where foster carers never feel like they’re doing it alone. That’s the heart of Fostering Together, Bexley’s unique approach to fostering.
Our communities
Each Fostering Together community is made up of approximately 6 to 8 fostering families who are viewed as extended members of the Core Carers home.
The Core Carer is an experienced foster carer who leads the community, offering foster families, peer support, guidance, knowledge, and experience; alongside, social activities and sleepovers. Helping to strengthen relationships and empower families to support each other.
If you work and are worried about how fostering could fit into your life Fostering Together is the ideal for you.
Our foster carers have told us that there are lots of benefits of belonging to a Fostering Together community.
Meet our Core Carers and hear their voice!
What I have come to realise in my time fostering with Bexley, is that there’s nothing quite like talking to other foster carers and having that support from each other".
Holly, Core Carer
Fostering Together means that no carer is alone, we are there to help each other, we are there for each other, anytime, no matter the situation".
Amara, Core Carer
I have seen a difference since being a part of Fostering Together. I have seen a difference in the children, because as time goes on, they learn to trust me and I get to see how they are really feeling".
Tracy, Core Carer
What we do together with our community is laugh, chat, have a good cup of tea and help carers through any troubles they may have. We are in this together as a community, helping people along their fostering journeys".
Dahlia and Remington, Core Carers
The most important thing is to help the children to feel as if they belong and to help them build relationships with trusted adults. It’s about creating a foundation where they feel safe to express themselves and develop the confidence to form lasting connections".
Ana and Mark, Core Carers
Be a supporting foster carer by joining the Fostering Together community
This role is all about becoming a steady, reliable part of the support system that surrounds children and young people in care. It’s not full‑time fostering it focuses on providing foster carers with the practical and emotional support they need so they can continue offering stable, nurturing homes.
Why does it matter?
When foster carers feel supported, the children in their care benefit enormously. Your involvement strengthens the whole system around them, helping to create stability, reduce stress, and improve overall well‑being.
Supporting Foster Carers step in at key moments, offering care, consistency, and kindness. You become someone a child can rely on and someone a foster family can trust. It’s a role that blends practicality with compassion, and it has a ripple effect that reaches far beyond each visit or short break.