Fostering in Wales
When you join Foster Care Associates Wales (Cymru) you will be joining a motivated and excited fostering provider committed to making a real difference to the lives of the children we care for.
Welcome to Foster Care Associates Wales (Cymru)
We are Foster Care Associates - Ni ydy Gymdeithion Gofal Maeth
Foster Care Associates was established in 1997 and has been delivering foster care in Wales ever since. We are always looking to recruit more foster carers in Wales and offer competitive fostering allowances, 24/7 local support, and great online training.
If you have a spare room, are over the age of 21, and want to make a difference in a child’s life Foster Care Associates Wales wants to hear from you.
Our Offices – Ein Swyddfeydd
Cymru - Abergele
By Phone
One of our team is available to talk to you over the phone to answer any of your fostering queries.
By Email
One of our team is available to talk to you over the phone to answer any of your fostering queries.
Visit an office
Foster Care Associates, Ground Floor Building, 5510 North Wales Business Park, Abergele, LL22 8LJ
Cymru - Bridgend
By Phone
One of our team is available to talk to you over the phone to answer any of your fostering queries.
By Email
One of our team is available to talk to you over the phone to answer any of your fostering queries.
Visit an office
Foster Care Associates, Suite 4, Elm Court, Cowbridge Road, Bridgend, CF31 3SR
Benefits of working with FCA
24/7 advice service
Excellent ongoing training
Access to your local fostering team
Competitive payments
Local support groups
Local social activities and events
Meet foster parent Pete from West Wales
Pete, a FCA Cymru foster parent shares his fostering highlights and advice for anyone who is considering fostering.
“We didn’t have to think twice. Wanting to be there, wanting to make a difference in a young person’s life.”
How do FCA offer support in Wales (Cymru)?
It’s the can-do attitude that makes fostering with FCA such a rewarding experience. Our experienced team of fostering professionals will provide you with the highest levels of local support. We make sure you never feel alone, from monthly foster parent support groups to plenty of activities and events you’ll be instantly welcomed into our independent fostering agency's family and well looked after too.
- 24/7 local support: including monthly support groups for all foster parents in Wales.
- Multi-professional approach to support foster families: a regional and national network of childcare experts who may work with each child or young person to look after every single area of their well-being.
- Training and Development.
- Independent advice with FREE membership to FosterTalk.
- A comprehensive events and activities calendar.
- Online support: Access to a portal to read about everything that is happening at Foster Care Associates, plus access to incredible discounts on family experiences, shopping, and restaurants across the UK.
- Foster Carer Appreciation Day.
Here to support you
We provide the foundations for our foster families to create positive and lasting differences, it’s at the heart of everything we do in our fostering service at Foster Care Associates Wales. We have a strong, professional, and established team across Wales that supports our foster parents, children and young people in all aspects of their family life. We are on hand to support you 24/7 all year round.
We hold a range of regular support groups across the whole region giving foster parents the opportunity to strengthen relationships with other foster parents in the area. Foster parents can come along for an informal chat to share knowledge, best practice, get support and training with our online training, or attend ADAPT Groups to support families with a therapeutic approach, or pop along for coffee and cake and a catch up. It’s a great opportunity for foster parents and staff to support each other.
Activities and events in Wales
Having fun with our foster parents, children and young people is what makes Foster Care Associates Cymru special and what makes us so friendly and welcoming.
We hold regular fun and thrilling activities for everyone throughout the whole year such as; days out to family fun days, ice skating, climbing in Caernarfon, day trips to the beach and so much more, the list is endless!
In the summer months we hold one event each week, picked by our young people, to bring everyone together in the wider FCA family. Every year we ensure our Cymru choir takes place in the Big Sing Off our national choir competition (which we have won a couple of times). In 2018, we were lucky to host the event and welcomed over 600 children, young people, foster parents and staff to Abergele to sing their hearts out and see who would be crowned the the Big Sing Off choir champions.
After all the summer fun, our festive parties and celebrations begin with our young people and birth children achievement awards as well as Christmas parties where everyone gets involved in the festive fun!
Participation at FCA Cymru
At FCA Cymru, we encourage young people to get involved and have their say.
Meet Rachel, a Participation Officer at FCA Cymru who is dedicated to providing young people with opportunities to have their voices heard, gain new experiences, and most importantly, to have fun!
She talks more about all the fantastic activities and support available for both young people and foster parents here in Cymru.
Care Inspectorate report Wales
Statement of Purpose
Foster parent satisfaction survey
Young Person's Guide
Datganiad o Ddiben - Cymraeg
Canllaw i Bobl Ifanc
Thank you so much for bringing all our big FCA Cymru family together in what is a triumph! We absolutely loved the festival. It’s really helped with M’s confidence. It has helped her to communicate better and make long life friends who are of similar nature to her".
Find your next fostering event...
Welcome from April Newman, Registered Manager
Hi I am April, the Registered Manager of Cymru- Rheolwr Cofrestredig for Cymru.
Here at FCA Cymru, I am proud that we are proactive and innovative as a team. Our foster families really are at the heart of everything we do and we are always looking at new initiatives to engage with them and develop the local services we offer. I am delighted to have a team of fostering professionals who are skilled, experienced and incredibly well-informed. We have a lot of drive, energy and ambition to provide the best possible outcomes for the children and young people in our care and support our foster parents too.
We are committed to supporting the needs, promoting the welfare and improving outcomes for Looked after children and young people. The needs of the children are always paramount in the life and decision making within the agency. We are passionate about providing the children with exciting, creative and meaningful experiences, which build their enthusiasm for life and help them to grow and develop positively in a variety of ways. I think it’s crucial to involve the children, foster parents and birth families as partners within FCA Cymru.
The range of activities and events we deliver are extremely popular whether its ice skating, Ninja Warrior, swimming, treasure hunts, beach days, careers evening Easter parades or outdoor pursuits at our annual fun day, everyone is encouraged to take part (including me!). This year we are launching our Eco Project and our Eco Council and are very much looking forward to our fostering families being a part of this project. We hold an Achievement Awards Ceremony in November each year, to recognise the outstanding progress that our children have achieved; this would not be possible without the endless support of our foster families who always show such tremendous resilience. A week never goes by without a foster family sending in certificates or photographs depicting the great achievements our children have accomplished.
At FCA I am proud that we celebrate countless ‘times to shine foster families’ and members of staff; with the exceptional practice being displayed time after time. We also recognise long service awards for foster families every year, to thank them for the endless hours, weeks, and months they have dedicated to fostering. As a region, we are motivated and excited to make a real difference in the lives of the children we care for and we would love you to consider joining us to make a difference in the lives of children in our care.
Thinking about fostering? Contact us today - Meddwl am faethu? Cyswllt efo ni
Helo, rwy'n April, y Rheolwr Cofrestredig o Gymru - Rheolwr Cofrestredig ar gyfer Cymru.
Yma yn FCA Cymru, rwy'n falch ein bod yn rhagweithiol ac arloesol fel tîm. Mae ein teuluoedd maeth yn bererin ym mhob peth a wnawn, ac rydym bob amser yn edrych ar fentrau newydd i ymgysylltu â nhw a datblygu'r gwasanaethau lleol rydym yn eu cynnig. Rwy'n falch iawn o gael tîm o weithwyr proffesiynol sy'n brofiadol ac yn wybodus iawn. Mae gennym ni lawer o ymrwymiad, egni a huchafiaeth i gynnig y canlyniadau gorau posibl i'r plant a'r bobl ifanc sy'n ein gofal, a chefnogi ein rhieni maeth hefyd.
Rydym wedi ymrwymo i gefnogi anghenion, hybu llesiant ac uwchraddio canlyniadau ar gyfer plant a phobl ifanc sy'n derbyn gofal. Mae anghenion y plant bob amser yn flaenoriaeth yn y bywyd a'r penderfyniadau yn yr asiantaeth. Rydym yn angerddol am roi profiadau cyffrous, creadigol ac ystyrlon i'r plant, sy'n meithrin eu brwdfrydedd am fywyd a'u helpu i dyfu a datblygu'n gadarnhaol mewn nifer o ffyrdd. Rwy'n credu ei bod yn hanfodol i gynnwys y plant, y rhieni maeth a'r teuluoedd genedigaethol fel partneriaid o fewn FCA Cymru.
Mae'r ystod o weithgareddau a digwyddiadau rydym yn eu cyflwyno yn hynod boblogaidd, boed yn sglefrio ar iâ, ymgynghorydd Ninja, nofio, heliwr trysor, diwrnodau ar y traeth, nosweithiau gyrfaoedd, parêdau y Pasg neu chwaraeon awyr agored yn ein diwrnod hwyliog flynyddol, mae pawb yn cael eu hannog i gymryd rhan (gan gynnwys fi!). Eleni rydym yn lansio ein Prosiect Eco a'n Cyngor Eco ac rydym yn edrych ymlaen yn fawr at ymuno â'n teuluoedd maeth i fod yn rhan o'r prosiect hwn. Cynhelir Seremoni Gwobrau Cyflawniad ym mis Tachwedd bob blwyddyn, i gydnabod y cynnydd rhagorol y mae ein plant wedi'i gyflawni; ni fyddai hyn yn bosibl heb gefnogaeth ddiddiwedd ein teuluoedd maeth sydd bob amser yn dangos cydnerthedd enfawr. Does wythnos ddim yn mynd heibio heb i deulu maeth anfon tystysgrifau neu luniau yn dangos y llwyddiannau mawr y mae ein plant wedi eu cyflawni.
Yn FCA, rwy'n falch ein bod yn dathlu 'teuluoedd maeth sy'n amser i lwyddo' ac aelodau o'r staff; gyda'r arfer rhagorol yn cael ei ddangos dro ar ôl tro. Rydym hefyd yn cydnabod gwobrau am wasanaeth hir i deuluoedd maeth bob blwyddyn, i ddiolch iddynt am yr oriau, wythnosau, a misoedd di-dor y maent wedi'u neilltuo i faethu. Fel rhanbarth, rydym yn awyddus ac yn gyffrous i wneud gwahaniaeth gwirioneddol yn bywydau'r plant rydym yn gofalu amdanynt ac byddem wrth ein bodd pe baech chi'n ystyried ymuno â ni i wneud gwahaniaeth yn bywydau plant sydd dan ein gofal.
Yn meddwl am faethu? Cysylltwch â ni heddiw.
Looking to foster in North Wales?
Hi, I’m Debbie, and I’m the recruitment officer for Foster Care Associates based in the North Wales region. I would love to hear from you if you are interested in becoming a foster parent or would just like some further information. Visiting you in the comfort of your own home allows me the opportunity to get to know a little about you and to tell you about the support, training and fantastic benefits of fostering with FCA.
Looking to foster in South Wales?
Hi, I’m Nicola, the recruitment officer for Foster Care Associates. If you’re interested in fostering in South Wales, please give us a call and I would happily come out to visit you in the comfort of your own home. When I visit, I am looking to have a relaxed open chat about what fostering is, different types of fostering that we offer, and have a general look around your home. There is no pressure to move forward at this early stage, I am happy to just provide the information you need.
Meet the team - Cyfarfod Y Tîm
Anna Pearson
Fostering Service Manager - Rheolwr Gwasanaeth Maethu
Anouska Keys
Office Manager - Rheolwr Swyddfa
Sharon Edwards
Office Manager - Rheolwr Swyddfa
Fiona Hatton
Referral Manager - Rheolwr Atgyfeiriadau
April Newman
Registered Manager - Rheolwr Cofrestredig
Kara Thomas
Fostering Service Manager - Rheolwr Gwasanaeth Maethu
Nicola Leitch
Recruitment and Enquiry Officer
Deborah Lamond
Recruitment and Enquiry Officer
Rachel Griffin
Participation Officer
