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Links to Further Information

A list of useful websites is below to aid your research into the adoption process.
  • Adoption UK

    A national charity that works with and on behalf of adoptive parents, prospective adopters and carers.

  • CoramBAAF

    CoramBAAF Adoption & Fostering Academy is a leading membership organisation dedicated to improving outcomes for children and young people in care by supporting the agencies and professionals who work with them. CoramBAAF is part of the Coram Group of charities.

  • Children England

    Children England is a charity created, governed and inspired by other charities. Their mission is to change the world for England’s children by harnessing the energy, ingenuity and expertise of the voluntary organisations that work on their behalf.

  • Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies (CVAA)

    CVAA is a membership organisation for voluntary adoption agencies. They work to ensure their member agencies are enabled to deliver services of excellence to children, adoptive families, and all those considering adoption, or who have been affected by it. All members provide specialist, high quality adoption services to children and families across the United Kingdom.

  • Department for Education

    The Department for Education (DfE) is responsible for education and children’s services in England. The DfE is a ministerial department, supported by 10 agencies and public bodies.

  • Family Connect

    Family Action’s Family Connect website is a new resource for adults who have been adopted or in care. The information on the website is to assist them in finding answers to questions they may have about their origins, to help them on their journey to locate records relating to their adoption and care that may exist, and also to find birth family members.

    Home for Good

    Home for Good is a charity we have worked in partnership with since 2014, who exist to find a home for every child that needs one. They, and we, believe that the Church is ideally placed to help find homes for children and provide the support to those families who do. They raise awareness, encourage people to consider fostering and adoption and inspire and equip churches to better support families who foster and adopt.

  • New Family Social

    We are proud members of New Family Social, the UK network for LGBTQ+ adoptive and foster families. In 2021, Adoption Matters received commended agency status for 2021 by New Family Social’s LGBTQ+ adopter and foster carer members.

  • Ofsted

    Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. They inspect and regulate services that care for children and young people, and services providing education and skills for learners of all ages. Ofsted is a non-ministerial department.

  • #YouCanAdopt 

    #YouCanAdopt is a nationwide adopter recruitment campaign which aims to raise awareness of adoption and bust myths around who is eligible. The campaign is being delivered by the The National Adoption Recruitment Steering Group and is supported by the Department for Education.

    YouCanAdopt Podcasts Hear from real people, in their own words, who have been through the experience, can dispel some of the myths that surround it as well as share their initial misconceptions and personal account of the process.