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Anchor Foster Care

Providing Safety, Stability & Hope

Anchor Foster Care is a family run, independent, not-for-profit organisation proactively working to provide the right kind of care and support to children and young people in our care. We provide a fostering service that develops and encourages both new and experienced foster carers to achieve good outcomes in a safe, stable and nurturing environment.

In partnership with our committed foster carers, we work tirelessly to deliver a service that provides safety, stability and hope through robust support for our committed foster carers and their families by providing regular training, 24/7 responsive and practical help, access to educational and therapeutic services and a small family feel environment.

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Why Anchor?

Anchor Foster Care is a Not-For-Profit agency where all money is put back into helping to provide children and young people in foster care with safety, stability & hope because we believe that a secure base is a critical aspect of enabling children and young people to realise their potential.

Our relentless pursuit of this vision and passion through our committed foster carers and their families, our hardworking staff and anyone else who is part of the "Anchor Family" has helped us to remain a child/young person-centered fostering service with a family feel.

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Events Calendar

Apr 2019

Anchor events 25 Apr 2019

TCIF (Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for...

Apr 2019

Anchor events 29 Apr 2019

Therapeutic Support Group

Apr 2019

Anchor events 30 Apr 2019

Equality and Diversity Advanced Level

May 2019

Anchor events 13 May 2019

Attachment and Child Development

May 2019

Anchor events 14 May 2019

Compassion Fatigue

May 2019

Anchor events 15 May 2019

Therapeutic Support Group

May 2019

Anchor events 18 May 2019

Men in Foster Care

May 2019

Anchor events 21 May 2019

Confidentiality Recording and Reporting

May 2019

Anchor events 21 May 2019

Charms & Record Keeping Followed by a Carer's...

May 2019

Anchor events 23 May 2019

First Aid (including health, hygiene and...

Carers Stories ...

“ Our children love it. They see the work we do and support us. ”

Anchor Foster Care testimonial from Abeela (Foster Parent) - Milton Keynes

Abeela (Foster Parent) - Milton Keynes

“ We are living proof you can achieve your goals! Don’t let anything stand in your way! Follow your... ”

Anchor Foster Care testimonial from Sam and Jaime (Foster Carers) - Kent

Sam and Jaime (Foster Carers) - Kent

“ The best part for me of having a parent and baby placement is seeing a change. It’s such a great... ”

Anchor Foster Care testimonial from Vivien (Foster Parent) - Medway, Kent

Vivien (Foster Parent) - Medway, Kent

“ I would recommend fostering with Anchor with no hesitation at all. ”

Anchor Foster Care testimonial from Joyce (Foster Carer) - Sheerness, Kent

Joyce (Foster Carer) - Sheerness, Kent

Latest News Stories

Fostering Talks

We're having a number of events, meetings and drop-in sessions across the South East and the East Midlands over the next few...

Anchor Foster Care Shares Fostering Information with Hastings Professionals

Today we spoke to more than 70 organisations local to Hastings supporting the Hastings Community Network. There was so much positive energy in the...

New: Statement of Purpose

Looking for a fostering agency? Read our updated Statement of Purpose and discover what foster care services we provide. Statement of Purpose

Anchor Foster Care Carers Receive Rare Royal Honour

Two Anchor Foster Care carers, Helen and Colin Wood, received MBEs in an investiture ceremony in the Ballroom at Buckingham Palace, Westminster on...

Caravan for Anchor Foster Carers

If you're a foster carer with Anchor Foster Care we have a caravan available to you from the end of March to December. With six beds it has plenty...

Fostering Presentations

Anchor Foster Care will attend various events in London throughout Spring 2019 to talk about fostering. Why not come along? Learn what...

Types of Placements

We are looking for foster families for children with a wide range of different needs.

Here are just some of the fostering ‘placements‘ we work with:

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Long Term
Short Term
Sole Child
Sibling Groups
Emergency
Parent & Child
Unaccompanied Minors
Respite
Specialist
Therapeutic
Disability

Where are Foster Families Needed?

We Cover 5 Regions in the UK and need new carers in all of these areas:

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