| British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering http://www.baaf.org.uk/
Skyline House
200 Union St
London
SE1 1LY
Tel: 0207 593 2000/1
This is a professional association
for people whose work involves them in adoption and fostering. The
London Office can tell you which of their regional offices will know
about services in your area.
Department of Health: Adoption information http://www.doh.gov.uk/adoption/intro.htm Department of Health's adoption team email mb-adoption@doh.gsi.gov.uk
The Office of National Statistics certificate.services@ons.gov.uk
Adoption Section
Smedley Hydro
Trafalgar Road
Birkdale
Southport
Merseyside
PR8 2HH
Tel: 0151 471 4831
The ONS can send you information about
the Adoption Contact Register.
After Adoption http://www.afteradoption.org.uk/
Canterbury House
12-14 Chapel Street
Manchester
M3 7NN
Tel: 0161 839 4930
Offers advice, counselling and information once
your child has been adopted, or at any time in the future. They have
social workers who are linked to Cheshire County Council and can
provide a service to all those involved in adoption in Cheshire.
They also provide support for parents expecting a baby or bringing
up a child where a previous child has been adopted through the care
system.
National Organisation for Counselling of Adoptees and their Parents, (NORCAP). http://www.norcap.org.uk/
112 Church Road
Wheatley
Oxfordshire
OX33 1LU
Tel: 01865 875000
NORCAP supports people who have been
adopted and birth relatives. They have a contact register and will
undertake intermediary work between the different parties in
adoption.
Adoption UK Manor Farm
Appletree Road
Chipping Warden
Banbury
Oxfordshire OX17 1LH
Tel: 0870 7700450
Adoption UK has locally based groups in
Cheshire and can provide support both before and after adoption to
adoptive families.
Adoption Information Line The Adoption Information Line and its sister service The Fostering Information Line assists local authority social services departments and adoption agencies to recruit carers for the children.
http://www.adoption.org.uk
193, Market Street
Hyde
Cheshire.
SK14 1HF.
Grandparents' Federation Moot House
The Stow
Harlow
Essex CM20 3AG
Tel:
01279 444964.
Natural Parents' Network (NPN) 11 Green Lane
Oldham
Lancs
OL8 3AY
Tel: 01273
307597
Adoption Matters 14, Liverpool Road
Chester
CH2 1AE
Tel: 01244 390938
http://www.adoptionmatters.org
Talk Adoption : A helpline for young people http://www.talkadoption.org.uk/
helpline@talkadoption.org.uk
Helpline: 0808 808 1234
12 Chapel Street
Manchester
M3
7NN
LEGISLATION
Department of Health http://www.doh.gov.uk/adoption/links.htm
Adoption Legislation and other
relevant links. A comprehensive list of links to relevant
legislation and other adoption resources.
INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION
Department of Health http://www.doh.gov.uk/adoption/intercountry/
Inter-country adoption
information
Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999 http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1999/19990018.htm
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