Welcome to Blackpool Council’s fostering service. If you’ve ever thought about becoming a foster carer, you’ve landed in just the right place.
We match local foster carers with children who need a loving, safe family environment. Together, our community of foster carers is changing lives for the better.
Being a not-for-profit fostering service means that everything we do is for the children that we help and for the foster carers that we support.
We've joined forces with four other local councils in Lancashire and Cumbria to provide the best start for anyone interested in exploring the idea of foster care.
As our community of foster carers will tell you, fostering is so much more than a job. It's an incredible journey which provides an opportunity for you to use all your personal and practical skills to help a child overcome challenges and grow in confidence.
Fostering with Blackpool Council is a career that offers fantastic development opportunities with a competitive financial rewards package.
From the moment you first contact us, through to the day you retire, our Blackpool fostering team is by your side, 24/7. You’ll always feel fully supported and part of a fantastic community of like-minded foster carers.
We believe that our children and young people should be cared for by local foster carers. As the local authority, we are first to know of children and young people needing a foster home and will always look to prioritise our community of foster carers.
As a Fostering Friendly employer, we understand the importance of supporting our foster carers, helping our staff to combine working with being a foster carer.
We operate as a not-for-profit service which means that we put children at the heart of everything we do. Plus, we offer a competitive financial rewards package and a wraparound support service that guides you at every step.
We value diversity and are proud to be a member of New Family Social, a charity dedicated to supporting LGBTQ+ families in becoming foster carers or adopters.
Contact us to start your journey today.
By fostering with us, you are far more likely to have children regularly living with you as we have children of all ages needing foster homes.
If you’re thinking of transferring to Blackpool Council as many foster carers are doing, we will make the process as smooth as possible.
Our support and development programme, which we are praised for, starts from the moment you contact us through to the day you leave.
