What To Write To A Foster Carer: 35 Card Messages

What to write to a foster carer

Foster carers get thanked in policy language far more often than in plain English. The cards they keep are the specific ones.

Thirty-five messages below, for young people, birth family, professionals and moving-on days.

Thank you cards

Blank inside, so the whole household can sign.

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Thank you from a young person

  • Thank you for making me feel safe here.
  • You never made me feel like a visitor.
  • Thank you for the food, the lifts and the not-shouting.
  • You listened when I did not want to talk. That helped more than talking would have.
  • Thank you for coming to parents' evening like it mattered. It did.
  • I will remember this house as a good one.

Thank you from birth family

  • Thank you for looking after him so well while we could not.
  • Thank you for keeping us in her life. It meant everything.
  • You have been kind to us as well as to him. We noticed.
  • Thank you for the photos and the updates. They kept us going.

From social workers and the team

  • Thank you for the stability you gave her this year.
  • Thank you for saying yes at short notice, again.
  • You made a difficult placement work. That is not luck.
  • Thank you for the honesty in every review. It made our job possible.

Goodbye and moving-on cards

  • Thank you for looking after me. I will not forget it.
  • Good luck to whoever gets the room next - they are lucky.
  • Thank you for the two years. They were the calm ones.
  • This is not goodbye, just a new address.
  • Thank you for giving me somewhere to come back to.

Birthdays and Christmas

  • Happy birthday - thank you for everything you do for all of us.
  • Merry Christmas to the whole house.
  • Happy birthday from the noisiest household on the street.
  • Wishing you a proper rest over Christmas. You have earned it.

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How to write it so it lands

  • Keep it about the home, not the system.
  • Leave room for a young person to add their own line in their own handwriting.

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Frequently asked questions

What do you write in a card for a foster carer?

Name one specific thing about the home rather than the role - the meals, the lifts, the calm. It is more personal than thanking them for fostering.

Can you send a card to a foster carer after a placement ends?

Check with the supervising social worker first, as contact after a placement is usually agreed in advance. Where it is allowed, a short card is welcome.

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