Additional benefits and discounts for foster carers
Find out about the range of discounts and special offers available for foster carers.
What additional benefits and discounts foster carers can get
As a local authority foster carer, you will receive a range of additional benefits and discounts.
Free membership of The Fostering Network
The Fostering Network is the UK’s leading fostering charity. They support foster carers to transform children’s lives and work with fostering services to develop and share best practice.
All our foster carers receive free membership to The Fostering Network. Membership gives you discounts on legal expenses, mortgages, holidays and family days out, including Haven, Alton Towers and Chessington World of Adventures, Madame Tussauds, Sea Life centres and sanctuaries, and much more.
Blue Light Cards
Blue Light is a scheme that recognises the hard work and commitment of people carrying out some of the most important jobs in the community. It’s open to frontline workers – emergency response, NHS, coastguard, as well as familiar organisations like St John Ambulance and the Red Cross and foster carers.
To apply, you will need to provide evidence you are an active foster carer. There’s a £4.99 admin fee, which will soon be recovered by savings across 15,000 retailers, restaurants and cinemas, both online and in-store.
Free access to LGBTQ+ foster carer support
New Family Social is the only UK charity led by LGBTQ+ foster carers and adopters. Our membership gives LGBTQ+ foster carers free access to its services.
It’s a peer-to-peer support network that you can use throughout your fostering journey. This includes training, advice, information, events, plus secure online forums.
Recommendation Bonus
There is a shortage of foster carers, which of course means there is a substantial number of children for whom we can’t find a foster home.
If you’re an approved carer already, and you know someone who you think would make a great foster carer, please let us know. For every recommendation we approve as a new foster carer, we will reward you with a £1,000 Recommend A Friend bonus payment. You can recommend someone by speaking to your Supervising Social Worker.
Days out with the Fostering Service
We’ll help you to create special memories for the children you care for. The fostering team enjoy sharing these moments with the children too – so we organise regular activities and days out, paid for by the Fostering Service, for the whole fostering family to enjoy. This includes our summer BBQ, Christmas party and school holiday activities for the children.
Local discounts and offers
We are always working to engage and connect with our local business and organisations, many of whom are kind enough to offer discounted rates to foster carers and the children they care for. This list is always changing so please contact our team to learn more.