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A national charity that works with and on behalf of adoptive parents, prospective adopters and carers.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
First Steps, from First4Adoption, is a free online resource, designed by experts, to help you understand the rewards and challenges of adoptive parenting. Whether you’re here to browse or you’re looking for more in-depth information, First Steps will guide you through a wide range of subjects, that empower you to be a better prepared parent.
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.
We are proud members of New Family Social, the UK network for LGBTQ adoptive and foster families.
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.
Puddle Ducks teaches children from birth to 10 years to swim and to love and respect the water. They currently teach to over 18,000 babies, toddlers, pre-school and primary school children across the UK every week. In 2017, our Centre for Adoption Support worked with the company in helping to train all their teachers the importance of attachment for children who have been in care as they wanted to ensure their teachers are trained to care for children from all backgrounds.
#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.
