Fostering

Bolton Legends Foster

Bolton Council has launched a powerful new social media campaign, Bolton Legends Foster, shining a spotlight on the everyday heroes within the community and encouraging people to consider fostering as their next meaningful step.

The campaign highlights how the core skills people use in their professional lives—such as compassion, resilience, problem‑solving, and patience—naturally translate into the role of a foster carer. By celebrating these strengths, Bolton Legends Foster aims to show that many individuals already possess the qualities needed to provide a nurturing, stable, and supportive home for vulnerable children.

Featuring roles such as police and fire officers, breakdown mechanics, health visitors, community volunteers, and other local “legends,” the campaign calls on those who have made a difference in their careers to become “legends in their living rooms” by opening their homes to children who need care.

Bolton Council emphasises that its current foster carers already embody these legendary traits. Every day, they demonstrate empathy, playfulness, acceptance, and unwavering care—qualities that transform young lives and strengthen the community as a whole.

One Bolton foster carer shared their experience:

“You don’t realise how much of a difference you can make just by being yourself. The skills I used at work for years—listening, staying calm, solving problems—are exactly the things the children in my care need most. Fostering has been the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done. It’s an honour to be part of their journey.”

The Bolton Legends Foster campaign will run across Facebook and Instagram. Residents are encouraged to like, share, and engage with the campaign to help spread awareness and inspire more people to explore fostering.

For more information about fostering in Bolton, continue to read our pages, and for an information pack complete the Enquiry Form.

Foster for Greater Manchester

Bolton is part of a new partnership between all 10 local authorities in Greater Manchester. We are working together to recruit foster carers who can provide loving and safe homes to children in Bolton and Greater Manchester, increasing and enhancing placements for children and young people where you live.

For the first time, people like yourself who are considering fostering in our region will benefit from a united, single support hub, which is backed by the Department for Education.

You will continue to be supported by our experienced fostering team at Bolton throughout your application. Your enquiry will be received by workers from the Hub. They will work together with staff and foster carers from Bolton to guide you throughout your fostering journey.  

To find out more about fostering for Bolton and maybe start your very own fostering journey, head over to Foster for Greater Manchester or call 0300 303 0321.