At Oak Fostering, we believe every child deserves a safe, stable home where they feel loved, valued, and secure, not just today, but into adulthood, no matter what challenges arise.

“Children don’t just need to be loved; they need to know that nothing they do will change the fact that they are loved.” – Alfie Kohn

Our Directors understand the unique challenges of offering this unconditional love and care to children who have experienced trauma. That’s why Oak Fostering was created with a different approach, one that prioritises specialist recruitment, careful matching, and tailored placement support.

What are ACEs? – Help Children Live Better

We recruit and train foster carers specifically to support children who:

Our carers are fully prepared for the realities of fostering children. We provide them with extensive training and specialist support packages so they have the tools and confidence to help children heal, grow, and thrive.

The children we match with carers are often ones we’ve already cared for in a linked organisation, White Orchid Care or they are children that we have taken time to understand and learn about in terms of their journey and needs.

That means we:

This insight allows us to make informed, stable matches, reducing the risk of placement breakdown and giving children the best possible chance of a permanent, loving home.

We believe foster carers need more than a phone line. That’s why our support is hands-on and flexible:

We don’t use a “one-size-fits-all” approach, every support package is built around the individual needs of each foster family.

Helping children recover from trauma isn’t just the job of therapists, it happens in everyday relationships.

That’s why we train our carers to:

It’s okay to just be curious. Many of our carers started by simply finding out more.

We’ll answer questions like: