True Fostering

28/11/2025

“Therapeutic parenting is the easy option.”

Ever heard this? 🙋‍♂️ Let’s set the record straight.

Parenting therapeutically is effective and life-changing, but it’s certainly not always easy.

As a fostering agency built on lived experience and developed therapeutically from the ground up, we understand why therapeutic approaches work.

We also know how challenging they can be to implement and sustain.

That’s why we support our foster families every step of the way.

Have you been told this way of parenting is the easy option before?

29/10/2025

✨ What does this kind of support do for children?

When foster parents feel truly held, children feel it too.
Safety is contagious. Regulation is shared. Healing begins early.

At TRUE, we regularly see children who arrived scared, withdrawn or in survival mode… begin to:

🌱 Trust adults again
🌱 Sleep through the night for the first time in years
🌱 Feel safe enough to play, not just survive
🌱 Make friends, explore interests, and hope for their future

That’s what happens when foster parents aren’t firefighting alone — but are surrounded by constant therapeutic support.

Brave children. Supported parents. Life-changing outcomes.

This is what TRUE was built for.❤️

28/10/2025

💛 What does it feel like to foster with TRUE?

At TRUE Fostering, foster parents often tell us the biggest difference isn’t just the training or the support —
it’s that they finally feel understood.

No judgement. No “figure it out on your own”. No box-ticking.
Just real, therapeutic care — wrapped around you as much as the child.

Here’s what our foster parents say that makes TRUE feel different:

✨ “I’m treated like a professional — and a human being.”
✨ “I never have to chase help — it’s just there before I even ask.”
✨ “They don’t just talk therapeutic… they live it.”
✨ “I’m not alone anymore.”

Fostering is one of the most powerful things a person can do — but you should never have to do it unsupported.

If you’re looking for a place where you’re seen, valued and genuinely backed every step of the way…
you may have just found it.

🌿 Real support. Real understanding. Real change.

23/10/2025

✨ Welcome to TRUE Fostering ✨

At TRUE, we’re not just another fostering agency. Right from the start, being therapeutic has been woven into everything we do — because we believe every child deserves to be seen, heard and supported to thrive.

We’re proud to be an employee-owned trust — that means we aren’t sitting under investment firms or private equity.

Here’s how we make a difference:

✨Specialist, in-house training delivered by people with lived experience — so our foster parents feel confident and supported.

✨A dedicated therapeutic social worker, child-support team and 24/7 help line — whenever you or a child you care for needs it.

✨Sweet spot? Outstanding outcomes for children. Our latest inspection rated us “Outstanding” for the exceptional outcomes we help children achieve.

If you’re someone who believes in the power of nurturing, attachment, and real change for children — then you’re already aligned with us.

We believe in doing fostering differently. Will you join us?

🌱 Together we can build security, hope and belonging.

20/10/2025

It’s always inspiring to see the dedication and love our foster parents give every single day. Stories like this – eight years of commitment, growth and life-changing care – are exactly why True Fostering exists 💛

We're not owned by investment consortiums or private equity groups. We're owned by our therapeutic staff and our wonderful foster parents.

17/10/2025

We want to give a huge shout-out to all the amazing children and young people whose parents foster. 💙
We see you, we hear you, and we appreciate you!
Your patience, understanding, and everyday kindness play such an important role in helping foster children feel safe and supported. You make a real difference — thank you!

(We are celebrating Children of Foster Parents Week)

16/10/2025

There is no such thing as a ‘typical’ foster family.

We’ve worked with:
🏳️‍🌈 Same-sex couples
👩 Single parents
🧓 Grandparents
✨ People who’ve never raised children before

What matters isn’t the structure of the family.

It’s the safety, love, and support inside it.

At TRUE, we welcome people from all walks of life.

Because children need different kinds of families —
and every child needs a family.

09/10/2025

You’re holding so much — and you deserve to be seen.

Foster parenting is relentless. It’s emotional, demanding, and often misunderstood.

At TRUE, we see you.
We respect you.
And we treat you like what you are: a vital, skilled co-professional doing life-changing work.

✅ Real support when it matters
✅ Lived-experience insight
✅ A team that has your back

You’re not invisible here. You’re essential.

08/10/2025

Today we are sharing our therapeutic approach with everyone at the Children and Young People Conference along with our sister agency Safer Fostering and our umbrella organisation Centre of Excellence in Child Trauma (COECT)

01/10/2025

In fostering, love isn’t all you need.

💤 Sleepless nights
📄 Plenty of paperwork
🧠 Advocating for children in systems that don’t understand them
❤️ Show up for children through the toughest moments

At TRUE, we don’t minimise this reality — we support you at every step.

✅ A team built around lived-experience
✅ Extensive therapeutic support
✅ A culture of help and care, not blame

If you’ve been feeling alone in this — maybe it’s time to join a team that gets it.

25/09/2025

“We transferred because we weren’t being listened to.”

We hear this from foster parents far too often. They felt dismissed. Unsupported. Left to figure things out alone.

At TRUE, things are different.

We’re owned by the people who work here, not by investors. That means we’re focused on building real relationships, not profit margins.

👣 We support a sensible number of families.
🤝 We work hard to stay in touch.
💬 We answer the phone when you call.

If you’re thinking about transferring, you deserve to know there is a better way.

Let’s talk about what’s not working — and what could be.

16/09/2025

Despite what other fostering ads may tell you...

You need more than a spare room and big heart.

They’re a great place to start, but they won’t be enough.

What you need is world-class support, a deep understanding of trauma, and a team that will work with you to develop solutions that work.

If we’re honest about what children in care need, we can do the work required to achieve the best possible outcomes for them.