Fostering with Break means you are joining a family dedicated to enriching a child's life.
Break's not-for-profit fostering service works across Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire looking after children on either a short-term or long-term basis. We also offer parent and child foster placements and provide loving homes for children with disabilities.
As a foster carer you’ll be giving a child who is unable to stay with their own family, somewhere safe, stable and loving to live. We’ll give you full therapeutic training, a dedicated social worker, monthly funding and all the help and support you need so you’re never alone on this incredible journey.
The decision to open up your home and your heart to someone starts with a conversation. Our team are always on hand to answer any questions, whether you’ve fostered for years and are looking to transfer to us, or you are just curious about whether fostering could be for you.
Parent and child fostering
Open your home for a short time to a parent and child, empowering them to reach their full potential and provide a stable environment for their child to thrive.
Long-term fostering
In this rewarding role you will nurture and support children who are unable to live with their families.
Support foster care
Support foster carers play a key part in Break’s fostering family. You’ll be matched with a foster family and will provide short breaks for the child in their care.
Are you already fostering but looking to move?
Curious about how Break does fostering a little differently?
You have the right to transfer to another fostering agency for any reason, and it’s a straightforward process that we can help you through. You can also transfer with a child you're already caring for, and we’ll work with you to ensure their well-being comes first.
As a not-for-profit agency, we reinvest in you and the child in your care.
Find out more and get in touch for a confidential chat.
Contact us
Our team are always on hand to discuss becoming a foster carer in East Anglia, whether you want to transfer foster agencies, are ready to apply or simply curious about whether fostering could be for you.
Read our fostering brochure
Our free brochure includes information about:
- Break's Fostering team
- The requirements of fostering
- The support we will give you and your family
- The unique training available
- Frequently asked questions and more.
Please fill in your details to be directed to the helpful brochure.
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BBC News: Break foster carers Clive and Kel were matched with Michael when he was eight years old. Now 15 and settled with his foster family, he says he can look to the future.
You could foster if…. Busting myths on becoming a foster carer in Norfolk
11 Sep 2023
Can you foster if: You’re single, married, divorced, from the LGBTQ+ community? You don't own your own home? You’ve don't have experience with children? You’re unemployed? You have a disability? You work? How old do you have to be to foster? Find out all of this and more with Break's Norfolk fostering service.
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