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YOUR UNION. YOUR VOICE. WE ARE YOU.
There is ONE union dedicated to foster care. There is only ONE National Union for Professional Foster Carers.
And when it comes to protecting your role, your livelihood, your family and your future, don’t settle for less.
Allegations, Standards of Concern, disputes, and decisions that could affect your approval and your ability to continue fostering.
These aren’t just “workplace issues”. They can affect your entire life.
You deserve proper representation, you deserve someone who understands fostering, and you deserve a voice that will stand beside you when things get difficult.
With NUPFC, your membership gives you access to a dedicated foster carer’s union, to legal support, defence, casework and representation from a team that understands the unique challenges foster carers face.
You CAN NOT get this anywhere else.
And it’s just £10 a month, but here’s the important bit, like car insurance, you need to be a member BEFORE something happens.
Don’t wait until you’re facing an allegation to ask who is going to stand beside you.
It’s quick and easy to join here 🔗 https://nupfc.com/join/
Date: 10/08/2026
Last week we started to bring you some of the draft standards, and we have been going throughthem with a fine tooth comb.
It’s an important opportunity for you to have your say on the future of foster care
Here are the new draft Fostering Quality Standards: https://consult.education.gov.uk/looked-after-children/updating-foster-care-standards-and-guidance/supporting_documents/draft-fostering-standards-and-guidancepdf-1
We are working directly with the DfE policy team on these, but we still say one of the most fundamental questions is one of accountability.
We will keep you updated
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Date: 11/08/2026
There’s been a sharp increase in discussions about cameras in foster homes, foster carers asking to use them, and now a Government petition has gathered 10,000 signatures calling for social workers to wear body cameras.
Why is this happening at all? Why now?
Is it because the allegations system still leaves foster carers feeling they need to protect themselves?
Because the balance of power feels increasingly heavily weighted towards professionals and providers?
Because children are coming into care with increasingly complex trauma and behaviours?
Or simply because trust in the fostering system is at an all-time low?
We keep rewriting standards. But if the problem is that people don’t feel protected by the system in the first place, perhaps changing the wording isn’t enough.
What do you think is driving the demand for cameras?
Date: 12/08/2026
WHAT WE DON’T DO — AND WHAT WE DO
There are plenty of organisations offering foster carers a little bit of everything: legal helplines, counselling, insurance, GP appointments and discounts.
But we think foster carers deserve more than a bundle of add-ons.
👉 We don’t buy in generic legal advice with no real understanding of fostering.
👉 We don’t fob you off to a helpline or a hand holder when you’re facing an allegation.
👉 We don’t sell you gimmicks dressed up as support.
👉 And we don’t think you should be paying insurance to protect a Local Authority from the financial consequences of damage caused by a child they have corporate responsibility for.
So what DO we do?
We talk to you. Properly.
We understand fostering. We understand allegations, standards of concern, investigations and the realities of being a foster carer.
When things go seriously wrong, you don’t just get a phone number. You get a defence, representation, casework and access to a specialist fostering legal team.
Because we believe that if you’re paying for your membership, you should get something that genuinely protects you.
Don’t miss out on actual protection while getting distracted with unrelated stuff you can get anywhere and everywhere 🔗 https://nupfc.com/join/
Date: 13/08/2026
⚖ Balance of probabilities. But what happens to the carer?
When a foster carer faces an allegation, the standard generally used is the balance of probabilities, essentially, whether something is considered more likely than not to have happened.
We understand that fostering is not criminal law. But here’s the problem.
A 51% finding can have consequences that are anything but minor.
It’s all down to the opinions, not facts or evidence, and we know just how those ‘opinions’ can be affected by so many different agendas, and very often not about children at all.
It can affect a carer’s approval, livelihood, reputation, family and ability to continue fostering.
The concern isn’t simply that balance of probabilities exists. It’s how it is applied.
We don’t need to turn every fostering allegation into a criminal investigation, but shouldn’t foster carers have a specific statutory allegation framework, recognising the unique and potentially lifechanging consequences of allegations against them?
For the most serious allegations, where a finding could end someone’s fostering career, shouldn’t there be a much stronger expectation of clear, reliable and properly tested evidence?
A just process isn’t asking for special treatment, it’s asking for a system that is justice for everyone, including the people who open their homes and their lives to vulnerable children.
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Date: 14/08/2026
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