Adoption and fostering
Every child deserves a safe, secure and happy childhood. We need individuals and couples to make a real difference to the lives of children and young people by adopting a child or becoming a foster carer.
-
Adoption
Adopting a child is a life-long commitment. When you adopt, you will become their legal parent and raise them as your own. Support is available throughout the adoption process.
-
Fostering
Fostering is looking after someone else’s child in your own home either short or long term. You may look after babies, children and young people up to 21. You will receive an allowance, training and support.
Related information
-
Adopting a child
Who can adopt, how the process works and the support Islington offers adoptive parents
-
Who can foster
Like the children in our care, our foster carers come from all ethnicities, cultures and backgrounds.
-
Become a Shared Lives carer
A rewarding and flexible career, where you can help someone live the life they choose