Christmas Hours

Check when Council Services will be closing over this Christmas period.

Christmas hours

Oldham Fostering Service has joined Foster for Greater Manchester. This is a new partnership of all ten local authorities in Greater Manchester working together to recruit more foster carers.

Use this form to enquire about becoming a foster carer with Oldham Council 

What happens next with the information I provide?

Following your initial enquiry a member of the Foster for Greater Manchester Recruitment Hub will contact you to discuss fostering in more detail and allow you to ask questions.

They will then send you our information pack.

Submitting this form is not a formal application and is no guarantee of acceptance.

Privacy notice

Your information will be used to progress your enquiry, statistical monitoring and reporting purposes, including freedom of information requests and Ofsted reports.

If you decide not to proceed your information will be disposed of in line with the Council's retention policy.

The council primarily uses your data for handling your query.

All information is processed in accordance with our organisational data protection policy (www.oldham.gov.uk/dataprotection). 

We never sell your data to third parties or use it for marketing purposes without your consent.