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What is fostering?

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  1. About fostering
  2. This is fostering – poem (you are here)
  3. Why you should foster for your local council
  4. What our foster carers say
  5. Difference between fostering and adoption

This is fostering – poem

Our lovely staff in our fostering team have written and performed their own poem about what fostering is. "It's ordinary people doing extraordinary things".

  • Watch the 'This is fostering' poem video on YouTube (00:01:51)
  • Next page : Why you should foster for your local council
  • Previous page : About fostering

Fostering related content

  • Fostering with Rochdale Borough Council
  • Make a fostering enquiry
  • Fostering with Pride
  • Real-life foster care stories
  • Diary of foster carers Anthony and Declan

Contact to make a fostering enquiry

Email: enquire@FosterForGM.com

Telephone: Click to call 0300 303 0321

  • Enquire about fostering online

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Events

  • Fostering information session - Middleton Arena
  • Fostering information session - Rochdale Leisure Centre
  • Fostering information session - Heywood Sports Village
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