Fostering in Bridgend
Foster carers help change the lives of young people every day.
Children come into care for a variety of reasons. It could be a long term illness or a family breakdown. Sadly, in most cases, it is due to some form of neglect or abuse. TACT are currently recruiting foster carers to provide care and support to these children. You could join our Bridgend Fostering Team!
Whether you have been considering fostering for a while, or whether you are new to the idea – we have all the information you need to start making a difference to young people’s lives.
Watch a short film made by some of our young people in Wales:
How do I start fostering in Bridgend?
To start with, you don’t need any childcare qualifications to start fostering, as full and ongoing training will be provided. However we do ask for some experience of caring for children.
To begin a fostering application, we would just need to check some initial qualifying criteria. You would need to:
- Be aged 21 years or over
- Have at least one spare bedroom in your home
- Be a full time resident of the UK
If you fulfil all three points of the criteria, we would like to talk to you more about fostering. You can complete the enquiry form on this page to get started.
Why foster in Bridgend with TACT?
TACT is the UK’s largest dedicated fostering charity. We have been providing nurturing and caring homes for vulnerable young people since 1993.
We work closely with Bridgend County Borough Council to help find matched foster homes for vulnerable children. Being a charity, we do not ‘profit’ from foster care. Instead, we reinvest any surplus income into providing more training and support for our team of foster carers.
We have already reinvested in some unique additional support services, over and above what a fostering organisation is required to provide. These include a dedicated Education Service, Health Service – and an online foster carer portal. Our TACT Connect community ensures that when children leave our care, they have TACT’s support into adulthood and beyond.
This is why 98% of our carers would recommend us to others thinking of fostering.
“TACT have always been there to support us, and the Supervising Social Workers we’ve had have been second to none.”
– TACT Cymru Foster Carer