In March 2024 we decided to take an ambitious and proactive approach to growing and enhancing our foster carer provision in Buckinghamshire. We set out to transform our in-house fostering service, to create a modern, professional and fit-for-purpose fostering proposition to attract new foster carers and retain the valued community of carers we already have.

To position our in-house fostering service as the ‘go-to' in Buckinghamshire, we needed to get smarter at competing with Independent Fostering Agencies (IFAs).