No spare time, no spare bedrooms: young Australian families under pressure are turning away from foster care

Nick and Robyn Lloyd moved into their house about a decade ago, where the extra bedroom enabled them to take in more than 30 foster children over the years since. Photograph: Remi Chauvin/The Guardian

Robyn and Nick Lloyd have been foster carers for a decade, welcoming more than 30 kids into their home.

There’s a financial and emotional toll to being a carer, but also joy attached to providing a safe environment for some of society’s most vulnerable members.