LGBTQ+ Fostering Week

LGBTQ+ Adoption & Fostering Week

‘1, 2, 3, or more?’ is the theme of LGBTQ+ Adoption & Fostering Week 2023, which returns from 6 March, 2023 and is hosted by New family Social. There are record numbers of looked-after children across the UK, so there has never been a greater need for more LGBTQ+ people to consider fostering.

The 2023 campaign asks LGBTQ+ people to consider adopting or fostering single children or those in sibling groups. Research by the BBC in 2020 found that more than half of sibling groups in care are split up. Often this is because of a lack of foster carers or adoptive parents who can care for siblings.

Now in its eleventh year, the campaign remains the only one to focus on LGBTQ+ people.

We know that any loving person can make a great foster carer. We welcome people from all walks of life and have supported LGBT+ foster carers for many years.

Children need loving and stable homes and with a diverse group of foster carers, we can match children to families who can provide just what they need to thrive.