Privately fostering a child or young person

This awareness raising day is to highlight the potential vulnerability of children living in private fostering arrangements and the need to notify the local authority of such arrangements.

Find out who is considered to be a private foster carer and what is required of them

Notify your local council

If you are privately fostering a child or if you think a child is being privately fostered, your local council needs to be informed. List of local councils

Are you a young person who is being privately fostered?

Information on what private fostering is and where you can get help and advice


Survey of Londoners sparks fears for ‘invisible’ children



  • Research by the British Association for Adoption & Fostering (BAAF) reveals Londoners’ lack of awareness of private fostering.

  • Few professionals working with children understand what private fostering is.

  • Charity fears hundreds – or even thousands – of children in London may be slipping through the net.



View the complete press release here