Fostering in Reading

As a foster carer, you’ll work with a team of dedicated professionals to give children a chance to thrive. With our wraparound support and ongoing training, you can focus on providing children with the best care.

Round the clock support

Professional fee

Types of fostering

Specialist training

Download our fostering brochure

Choosing Five Rivers

As a local social enterprise, our fostering agency is different. We put people before profits and invest in our carers, children and community.

Having a local fostering team in Reading means:

Close relationships with your local team.
Celebrations and support groups on your doorstep.
Meeting foster carers in your community.

Meet Foster Carers Sam and Mike

While working at a school, Sam saw how being in care shaped the lives of many children. She and her husband, Mike, decided to explore fostering and found a way to fit it around their lifestyle.

“We’re fairly new to fostering; we only went through panel recently, but I have to say it has been a really positive experience for us. We absolutely love it.” – Sam

Read Sam & Mike’s fostering story

More locations in your area

Maidenhead

Bracknell

Didcot

Bath

Wokingham

Newbury

Bristol

Portishead

Norton Radstock

Shepton Mallet

Weston-super-Mare

Taunton

Visit your local fostering hub

Get in touch

Enquire to Foster

0333 0603 962

carer.enquiries@five-rivers.org

Existing Carers

01179 594690

Join your local community

See what our foster parents say about fostering with us...

“Five Rivers really support the whole family; our oldest child needed support, and our Supervising Social Worker, got them the help they needed.”

Barry and Iain

Read their story

“The initial process to become a Foster Carer was easy, and it was almost like therapy; it taught me to reflect. I enjoyed that process so much and I found out so much about myself. ”

Andy

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“We’re fairly new to fostering; we only went through panel recently, but I have to say it has been a really positive experience for us. We absolutely love it. ”

Sam and Mike

Read their story

“My Social Worker at Five Rivers knows that I am neurodivergent, and they know the kind of support that I need. If I call my Social Worker, they always call me back because they know when I call, I need support and if they are unavailable, they transfer me to a duty Social Worker; so, I always have someone there for me. It is important for me to have that because as someone with neurodivergence I need that support and have someone there on call to help.”

Sara

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“Choosing the right organisation was the hardest part because there are just so many and there is such a big demand for Foster Carers. But once I registered with Five Rivers, it was easy sailing. Five Rivers have been good to me.”