We're working with Bristol City Council to help find foster carers for children across Bristol. Find out how you can play your part

Bristol needs Foster Carers

In March 2023, there were over 750 children in the care of Bristol City County Council, with nearly 70 of these being unaccompanied asylum seeker children.

Currently, many children are having to be placed long distances from their friends, schools and local communities. There is an urgent need for more local foster carers to meet the needs of children and young people in the city.

The fastest growing cohort of children in care are teenagers and sibling groups.

Home for Good has a strong and trusted relationship with Bristol City Council, sharing the need for new foster carers with church communities across the City, supporting and equipping those who explore fostering or adoption. We believe the local church in Bristol can continue to make a transformational difference.

How?

Could you foster?

Will you put yourself forward to be approved to open your home to a child or siblings in need? This could be for a few days, weeks, months or even years. It will not be easy, but for such vulnerable children, the love, care and security you offer could make all the difference.

Could you support a carer from your church community?

Will you enable someone else to foster by committing to support an individual or family in your church, becoming a ‘foster auntie or uncle’ so that they can step forward and be assured that you will help them to meet the challenges of caring?

Will you make your church a place of welcome for vulnerable children and the families who care for them?

Will you host a Foundations Course, have a Home for Good speaker, or make the most of our resources, or even consider becoming a Home for Good volunteer?

Stu Dendy - South West Lead

Stu around Bristol City in the South West, partnering with our amazing Champions and developing connections with the nearly three hundred churches in the area to inspire people to welcome children by fostering and adopting. Stu and his wife Sarah have recently returned from eleven years living and working in Uganda, supporting a children’s ministry. They have four lively young children, three of whom were adopted in 2019.