Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Foster Care Awards 2019

The Fostering Network's annual Northern Ireland Foster Care Awards recognise and celebrate the contribution individual foster and kinship carers make towards the lives of children in foster care.

This year's awards ceremony will be held on Saturday 16 November in Titanic Belfast. Nominations for this year's awards are now closed.

2018's awards

2018's ceremony took place in the Hilton Hotel, Belfast on Saturday 12 May 2018.  

Step Up Step Down is one of a number of innovative programmes run by The Fostering Network.

For more information about Step Up Step Down email Jade Irwin. 

For media enquiries regarding the programme email The Fostering Network’s media team or phone 020 7620 6441.

Fostering the Future is one of several innovative programmes The Fostering Network runs to improve foster care and outcomes for fostered young people and foster and kinship foster carers.

For more information about Fostering the Future phone The Fostering Network in Northern Ireland on 028 9070 5056, or contact Mikhaila Woods. 

Fostering Achievement was one of a range of innovative programmes that The Fostering Network runs to improve foster care and outcomes for fostered young people.

​For media enquiries regarding Fostering Achievement email The Fostering Network's media team or phone 020 7620 6441.

England

Transfer of foster carers protocol England

Principles governing the transfer of foster carers

Find out the current numbers of fostered children and foster carers in Northern Ireland, as well as our latest recruitment targets, or read more about fostering legislation in Northern Ireland.