East Riding of Yorkshire Council is raising awareness about private fostering arrangements, for anyone who is privately fostering a child.
Private fostering is when a person is looking after a child or young person who is under the age of 16, (or under 18 years if the young person has a disability) for more than 28 days and they aren’t a close relative of the child, such as a grandparent, aunt or uncle, or step-parent by marriage.