Welcome to Suffolk Fostering & Adoption
Who we are
Suffolk Fostering Service and Suffolk Adoption Agency are part of Suffolk County Council. As a local authority, we are responsible for more than 750 children in care in Suffolk. Our goal is to secure families for Suffolk children, either on a short-term or permanent basis. By working with us, you're supporting children and families in your local community.
What we do
We provide training, support and financial assistance to carers and adoptive parents in Suffolk. Carers and adoptive parents find working with us a rewarding, life-changing experience. If you think you could provide a home for a child in Suffolk, please explore our website to find out more about fostering or adopting with us.
Fostering
There are around 750 children in care in Suffolk. If you have patience, compassion and have a spare room, you could provide a child with the secure home life they need. Find out if you could foster a child or young person who needs looking after on a short-term or permanent basis.
Adoption
Through adoption you become a child's legal parent. You take on all the legal and practical responsibilities and the joys this entails, throughout their childhood and beyond. Find out if you could permanently adopt a child in Suffolk.
Could you make a difference by fostering a young person?
Events
Join us at one of our fostering and adoption events across Suffolk.
All events are relevant equally for fostering and adoption.
Sat 21st October
Ipswich Museum
High Street, IP1 3QH
10.30am - 1.30pm
Meet an adoptive parent
Tues 24th October
Ipswich Museum
High Street, IP1 3QH
10.30am - 4.30pm
Wed 25th October
St Augustine's Church Hall
Bucklesham Road
Ipswich, IP1 3QH
7pm-9pm
Adoption drop in - Meet an adoptive parent
Why Suffolk?
Suffolk Adoption and Fostering Service was rated GOOD by Ofsted for 2015/2016
"Fostering has helped us all develop so much as a family and individuals. We are still in touch with most of the children we have looked after and some are still like extended family."
- Sandra, foster carer
