Friends and family: Support we give you

We offer a range of benefits to help make fostering a positive experience.

Financial help

You’ll get a weekly allowance for the child, and a weekly foster carer fee. In addition, you won't have to pay any council tax. Other financial help includes the benefits below.

• Up to £500 One-off allowance for essential furniture and equipment
• An emergency clothing allowance up to the value of £100
• A uniform allowance when a child moves to a new school
• £100 On the young person's 18th birthday
• Discount cards for nationwide savings
• Reduced Costco membership

Leisure and lifestyle perks

We'll give your whole household free membership at Liverpool’s Lifestyles Centres. You can also benefit from caravan breaks at Presthaven. Our team will also:

• invite you to parties and recognition events
• send you monthly newsletters
• invite you to join forums to keep you connected

The support we give

Our team will ensure you have a fostering social worker and access to family support workers.
Duty workers are on hand during office hours and there's 24/7 emergency support.

Peer and professional support

We'll link you up you a foster carer mentor and peer support groups. We'll also make you a member of FosterTalk, and you can join our Foster Care Association.

You'll be given access to resources from:

• NYAS for advocacy
• YPAS for wellbeing
• the Liverpool Safeguarding Partnership

Training and development

We offer a full range of core and specialist courses.

Core courses

• Safer Care
• Safeguarding
• Paediatric First Aid
• Attachment
• Recording Skills
• Understanding Your Role

Specialist courses

• ASD Awareness 
• Child Exploitation
• Sleep Strategies
• Nurturing Programme
• Life Story Work