How Do I Transfer to Flourish Fostering?
There are many reasons why you may be thinking about transferring to a new foster agency. You may be moving house, or be unhappy with your current agency, or perhaps you are looking for a new challenge. Or maybe you don’t feel that the support, training and financial rewards you currently receive meet the costs […]
Our Fostering Application Process
At Flourish, we aim to make our enquiry and fostering application process to become a Foster Parent with us as streamlined as possible, to give you peace of mind and ensure that you are kept informed and at the centre every step of the way. The fostering assessment process is something which every potential Foster […]
Thinking of Fostering? Here’s What You Need to Know
Many people would potentially make great Foster Parents. However, there are often concerns such as like “Do I have time to be a Foster Parent?” or “What could I offer a foster child?” Those are important questions to ask as raising a child or young person who may have suffered in some way is different […]
Top 10 Foster Parent Myths Dispelled
There are a lot of misconceptions about what becoming a Foster Parent actually involves, and you wouldn’t be the first person to be put off by foster caring myths. There are a lot of questions surrounding fostering, partly because so many people are unaware of the facts, and yet, the demand for foster placements for […]
How Fostering Changes Lives
People who make the decision to become a Foster Parent, do so because they want to make a positive difference in a child’s life. Foster children vary in age, from babies to teenagers, and every child’s story is different and unique. At Flourish Fostering we provide a wide range of the highest quality services to […]
Fostering in Kent – Where, Why and How
Looking for a fresh start and a highly rewarding career? You could change your life and those of children and young people by fostering. At Flourish Fostering we’ll support you in giving back to your community as a successful Foster Parent in Canterbury, Chatham, Dartford, Folkestone, Maidstone, Medway, Rochester, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and […]
Black Lives Matter
Flourish Fostering expresses its outrage at the death of Mr George Floyd and sends deep condolences to his family and friends, and all those affected by this tragedy. We stand in solidarity with our colleagues, foster children, foster parents and other members in our community who have suffered the hurt and pain of racism […]
Fostering Quiz
Welcome to our Fostering Quiz, created to help you familiarise yourself with the typical questions you may be asked in the initial assessment phase of our fostering process. Our quiz has 10 questions and is a fun way to find out what Flourish Fostering look for when people apply to be a Foster Parent with […]
Benefits of Fostering with Flourish Fostering
At Flourish Fostering, our friendly, personal and inclusive approach is just how independent fostering used to be; a family feel from a community of people who all know each other by name and remember the important details about why we all do the work we do, and why we choose to do it together. We […]
This is Fostering
At Flourish Fostering we focus on the quality of relationships between foster parents and the children and young people they look after. The majority of children looked after have suffered some kind of relational trauma especially if they were significantly harmed in their early years by the people meant to protect them. We specialise in […]