Stockport Council Fostering Service

30/10/2026

Our downloadable Guide to Fostering in Greater Manchester provides all the information you need to get a good basic understanding of fostering and the process to becoming a foster carer in Stockport.

It provides details around the benefits of fostering with Stockport Council including the financial support you will receive, and the on-going support and training that will be provided.

If there is anything you need clarity on, or if you have any further questions about becoming a foster carer, please do not hesitate in contacting us on 0300 303 0321, or complete our online enquiry form: https://fosterforgm.com/contact-us

Download Guide:
https://fosterforgm.com/guide-to-fostering-in-greater-manchester

28/10/2026

Could you join our fostering family in Stockport?❤️🏠

Come along to our event on Friday at Arc Café at Hat Works Museum and talk to one of our foster carers about what's involved.

From a few nights a week to a long-term home, if you've got room in your house and your heart you can make all the difference to a child’s life in Stockport by becoming a foster carer with Stockport Council.
📅Friday 30 October
🕛10am - 1pm
🎩Arc Café at Hat Works Museum, Stockport SK3 0EU

Visit our website https://fosterforgm.com/stockport or call 0300 303 0321.

Foster for Greater Manchester

14/10/2026

Amazing to see our local foster carers on the steps of Downing Street helping to launch a new national campaign encouraging people to consider whether fostering could fit into their lives.❤️💪

🙏Thanks to Lianne, James and Amy for representing our amazing foster carers in Stockport and for everything you do helping improve the lives of our local children and young people.❤️🏠

Read the full story here:
https://www.stockport.gov.uk/news/stockport-foster-carers-help-launch-national-campaign-to-find-more-foster-families

👉See how fostering could fit into your life by visiting www.fosterforgm.com/stockport or call 0300 303 0321.

Department for Education
Foster for Greater Manchester

14/10/2026

It's Children of Foster Carer's Week and we're celebrating the amazing role birth children of foster carers play and the incredible impact they have.❤️🏠

Thanks to all our children of foster carers in Stockport.❤️🙏

🎥Watch this video to see how children in fostering families help improve lives.

Could you foster? See how fostering could fit into your life and join our fostering family in Stockport.

👉Visit fosterforgm.com or call 0300 303 0321.
Foster for Greater Manchester
The Fostering Network

13/10/2026

A lot of people who think about being a foster carer, rule themselves out immediately, believing ‘that's not for me’ or ‘I’m not sure I could do that’.

But there's a very good chance you already possess the qualities to become a great foster carer.

Explore fostering at:
www.fosterforgm.com/stockport

If you'd like an informal chat about fostering give us a call on 0300 303 0321, email us at [email protected] or complete the enquiry form

https://fosterforgm.com/stockport

12/10/2026

Shining a light on our amazing children of our foster carers marking the start of The Fostering Network Children of Foster Carers Week 2026.

Children of Foster Carers’ Week is here! 🎉

Over the next seven days we’ll be celebrating the contribution of birth and adopted children of foster carers and the incredible impact they have in fostering families.

We’re kicking off the week by introducing you to Dantai. 👋

Adopted at 16 months old, Dantai proudly calls himself a foster carer and recently stood up in his school assembly to tell everyone he hopes to foster when he's older.

When children join his family, he shares his own experiences of being fostered and adopted, helping them feel safe and understood. His mum, Amanda, says he has embraced fostering with his whole heart.

Amanda adds: "Dantai is, in every sense, a superstar. He embodies kindness, compassion and courage. He makes my heart smile every single day, and I am more proud of him than words can ever fully capture."

Thank you, Dantai, for everything you do for children and young people in foster care.

Read more about Dantai's experience here: https://bit.ly/4yF7UTt

We'll be sharing stories from other children of foster carers throughout the week, so keep an eye on our socials!

10/10/2026

This , we're shining a light on the vital role foster carers play in supporting children and young people's mental health. 🫂

From recognising anxiety and trauma to creating the conditions for young people to open up, foster carers are often providing support long before specialist help becomes available.

In our latest article, foster carer Eileen, YoungMinds' Stevie Goulding and Dr Eva Sprecher share advice, insights and practical approaches to help young people feel safe and supported.

Read more 👇

https://bit.ly/4yzgEdU

09/10/2026

Stockport’s community of kinship carers celebrated Kinship Care Week with a tea party for local kinship carers. ❤️🫖🍰

The Mayor, Councillor Mark Hunter, and Mayoress, Rachel Hunter, joined Stockport Council Cabinet Member for Children, Families and Education, Councillor Colin MacAlister, members of Stockport’s kinship team and Kinship charity at the tea party at Ivy Café in Cheadle.

They recognised and thanked our dedicated community of local kinship carers for the role they play providing loving, stable homes, and for keeping children connected with their families, roots and community. ❤️🙏

Kinship carers are grandparents, aunts, uncles, older siblings, and family friends who take in children often at a moment’s notice and with little to no preparation.❤️🏠

👉 For more information about Kinship Care Week visit https://kinship.org.uk/.

06/10/2026

🗞️ Hot off the press! Congratulations to our fantastic Stockport Mockingbird on its 10th anniversary - helping support foster families in Stockport.

📰 Read the full story in this month's Stockport Post here...
https://www.postnewspapers.org/our-papers/stockport-post/ -stockport-post-81-2026-10/1/

Could you foster?❤️🏠
👉Visit our website https://fosterforgm.com/stockport or call 0300 303 0321 to find out more about joining our fostering family in Stockport.

Post Community News GM
Foster for Greater Manchester

05/10/2026

It's Kinship Care Week (5–11 October) and we’re celebrating Stockport’s kinship carers—family and friends who step up to provide children and young people with loving, stable homes.❤️🏠

Kinship carers are grandparents, aunts, uncles, older siblings, and family friends who take in children often at a moment’s notice and with little to no preparation.

We want to recognise and thank our dedicated community of local kinship carers in Stockport for the role they play providing loving, stable homes, and for keeping children connected with their families, roots and community.❤️🙏

👉For more information about Kinship Care Week visit https://orlo.uk/DKeeT