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Adoption
Resources
British Agencies for Adoption and FosteringBAAF works with everyone involved with fostering and adoption across the UK. Their activities include: - Family finding via their monthly newsletter - Running the Adoption Register - Producing publications - Training, conferences and consultancy - Campaigning - Advice HEAD OFFICE: Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London, EC1N 8TS Tel: 020.7421.2600 Email: mail@baaf.org.uk
REGIONAL OFFICE: 4 Pavilion Business Park, Royds Hall Road, Wortley, Leeds, LS12 6AJ Tel: 0113.289.1101 Email: leeds@baaf.org.uk
The Adoption Register for England and Wales is operated by BAAF (above) on behalf of the DfES and the National Assembly for Wales. The Register has a database of details of children awaiting adoption and details of approved adopters.
Government Information on Adoption This website gives a lot of information for the public about adoption. For example, 'what is adoption', the adoption process, adoption leave and pay, step parent adoption, intercountry adoption etc.
The General Register Office (GRO) The GRO is a government agency that maintains a record of adoptions made on the authority of courts in England and Wales in the Adopted Children Register. The GRO also maintains the Adoption Contact Register which exists to put adopted peopled and their birth relatives in touch with each other if they both have registered that wish.
Intercountry Adoption Nugent Care can provide information, advice and counselling to anyone who wishes to find out more about intercountry adoption and can also carry out the required Home Study. 6 Chain Lane, St Helens, Merseyside, WA11 9RA Tel: 0151 261 2000
This website explains the immigration rules.
Other Voluntary Organisations Adoption Matters is a specialist voluntary adoption agency. Its aim is to find families for children who, for one reason or another, are no longer able to live with their birth families. Chester Office: 14 Liverpool Road, Chester, CH2 1AE Tel: 01244.390938 Email: info@adoptionmattersnw.org
Adoption UK is an organisation which supports adoptive families before, during and after adoption. 46, The Green, South Bar Street, Banbury, OX16 9AB Tel: 01295.752240 Helpline: 0844.848.7900
Other Useful WebsitesThis is a website which gives information to anyone thinking about searching for or making contact with birth and adopted relatives or researching an adoption that took place in the UK.
Information for birth mothers and adoptive parents
National Organisation for Counselling of Adoptees and their Parents, (NORCAP) 112 Church Road, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, OX33 1LU Tel: 01865 875000 NORCAP supports adults affected by adoption.
Natural Parents' Network (NPN) Natural Parents Network is a self help organisation for 'parents and relatives who have lost children to adoption'. It aims to offer non-judgmental, confidential and independent support to people who sharesimilar experiences. 41 The Lindens, Friern Park, North Finchley, London, N12 9DL Helpline: 0845.4565031 Email: administrator@n-p-n.co.uk
A helpline for young people Email: helpline@talkadoption.org.uk Helpline: 0808 808 1234 Talk Adoption is a national, free and confidential helpline for anyone under 26 who wants to talk about anything to do with adoption.
The Family Rights Group supports children and families involved with social services by advising families and working with service users, practitioners, researchers and policy makers. FRG works in England and Wales and was established as a charity in 1974. The Print House, 18 Ashwin Street, London, E8 3DL Tel: 0207 923 2628 Advice line open Monday - Friday, 1.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. Tel: 0800 731 1696 Email: office@frg.org.uk
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