Foster carer profiles

We need more foster carers from diverse backgrounds to meet the growing demand of children and young people coming into care. At present there are 3,514 children and young people living in foster care in Northern Ireland, both in kinship and non-kinship foster care (March 2025).

We are privileged to have so many wonderful HSC NI foster carers currently providing safe and nurturing homes for the children and young people in our care.

Every child and young person deserves to live in a stable and loving home, where they feel seen and heard, where they have boundaries and acceptance, and where they are encouraged to believe in themselves and their future.

If you think you could make a difference in a child or young person’s life by becoming a foster carer, please get in touch to find out more. It could be the most rewarding thing you ever do.

• Ana, short breaks foster carer for children with disabilities
• Bronagh and Damian, long-term foster carers
• Catherine, short breaks foster carer
• Daniel, short breaks foster carer
• Dylan, short-term children with disabilities foster carer
• Erica and Aiden, long-term children with disabilities foster carers
• Faye and Stephen, long term foster carers
• Heather, young refugees foster carer
• Jean and Ivan, long term foster carers
• Joe, short breaks foster carer for children with disabilities
• Mairead, long-term foster carer
• Michael, supported lodgings/STAY host
• Michelle and Matthew, fostering teenagers long-term
• Ruth and Philip, long-term foster carers
• Siobhan, short breaks foster carer for children with disabilities