The Fosterline Annual Report covers the period from 1st May 2021-30 April 2022 and reflects the issues raised by foster carers and prospective carers and the impact that Fosterline has made. The report gives an insight into the fostering sector and the challenges for foster carers  and recruitment as the country began to emerge from the pandemic.

The report is based on information received from both prospective and current foster carers with consideration to the following:

  • Measurement against agreed KPI’s
  • Call statistics
  • Information recorded on database
  • Demographics supplied by enquirers
  • Analysis of issues identified by enquirers
  • Analysis of the visitors to the website www.fosterline.info
  • Survey of prospective foster carers who took the fostering criteria questionnaire on the Fosterline website.
  • Feedback from users of Fosterline who completed the annual survey.
  • Fosterline users feedback from those who completed a questionnaire following their engagement with Fosterline.

Fosterline has been accessed via the Freephone helpline, website, email, live chat, web-form and social media on over 218,800 occasions in the reporting period and you can read the full report here.

Sharon Thompson – Fosterline Co-ordinator