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 2020

Anchor events 21 Apr 2020
21st
Supporting Young People's Mental Health & Looking...

Apr 2020

Anchor events 23 Apr 2020
23rd
Self-Awareness

May 2020

Anchor events 04 May 2020
04th
TCIF Refresher Course
Our TCIF refresher course is our foster carers who...

May 2020

Anchor events 05 May 2020
05th
Learning & Development Course
For Anchor Foster Carers, please save the dates of...

May 2020

Anchor events 15 May 2020
15th
Learning & Development Support Group / Pamper Day
Time 10am – 12am, 12:30pm - 3pm

May 2020

Anchor events 18 May 2020
18th
Therapeutic Support Group
Please note we have a 9.45 am arrival for a 10 am...

Jul 2020

Anchor events 20 Jul 2020
20th
Therapeutic Support Group
Please note we have a 9.45 am arrival for a 10 am...

Sep 2020

Anchor events 14 Sep 2020
14th
Therapeutic Support Group
Please note we have a 9.45 am arrival for a 10 am...

Nov 2020

Anchor events 30 Nov 2020
30th
Therapeutic Support Group
Today's group includes Christmas lunch.

Carers Stories ...

“ The thing we love about Anchor is you can call a director if you want to because all the staff are... ”

Anchor Foster Care testimonial from Helen & Colin (MBE Foster Carers)
Helen & Colin (MBE Foster Carers)

“ 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

Anchor Managing Director to Join Safeguarding Live Chat

Do you have a Twitter account?   If so, our Managing Director Farayi Chinyemba will be 'live' on the fast-moving platform today....

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Be a Stay at Home Therapeutic Foster Carer with Anchor Foster Care 

Our foster carers are trained in Therapeutic Crisis Intervention For Families (TCIF) and are better prepared and fully supported in handling...

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Case Study: Why We've Made Our Panel Meetings a Virtual Reality.

Anchor Foster Care Maintaining a caring support service in a remote environment. Anchor Foster Care is an Ofsted registered ‘Good’...

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Remote Working Made Easy

If you’re working from home for the first time you may be struggling with your new ‘office’ arrangement. Or perhaps you are...

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10 Ways We Are Supporting Our Foster Carers

At Anchor, we understand the difficulties that we all currently face as we navigate our new global situation. We also do, however, want to continue to...

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Business As Usual

Coronavirus and it's global spread has had a major effect on the way we work and sadly on the way we live. Like so many other organisations, we...

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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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Kent

(Medway, Gillingham, Rainham, Strood, Chatham, Rochester, Gravesend, Dartford Sittingbourne, Ashford, Canterbury, Maidstone, Isle of Sheppey, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells)

East Sussex

(Eastbourne, Hastings, Battle, Heathfield, Uckfield, Lewes, Bexhill-on-Sea, Rye)

South London

(Croydon, Greenwich, Lambeth, Southwark, Bexley, Catford, Lewisham, Eltham, Sidcup, Orpington, Bromley)

North of London

(Luton, Bedford, Milton Keynes, Hertford, St Albans, Stevenage, Hitchin, Barnet, Aylesbury)

Midlands

(Derby, Nottingham, Birmingham, Burton upon Trent, Stafford, Loughborough, Leicester, Coventry, Walsall, Wolverhampton)