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have compiled a list of publications, which may be of use to you. If you are an Organisation relating to Adoption or Fostering and you wish to mention it on this site, then please email us with details. Organisations St ANDREW'S CHILDREN'S SOCIETY LTD This is a Scottish charity based in Edinburgh and offer services/support for the following; Adoption services, Foster care, Adoptee counselling and Pregnancy counselling. For more details, contact;
================ SCOTTISH ADOPTION ASSOCIATION LTD SCOTTISH ADOPTION ASSOCIATION Ltd BARNARDO'S FAMILY PLACEMENT SERVICES BARNARDO'S FAMILY PLACEMENT SERVICES SCOTTISH ADOPTION ADVICE SERVICE SCOTTISH ADOPTION ADVICE SERVICE Suite 5/3, Skypark SP5 email: saas@barnardos.org.uk ST
MARGARET OF SCOTLAND CHILDREN & FAMILY CARE SOCIETY email: adopt@stmargarets8.fsnet.co.uk BAAF is a registered charity and professional association for all those working in the child care field. There work includes giving advice and information to members of the public on aspects of adoption, fostering and child care issues. BAAF can be contacted by at the following addresses or by visiting their web site www.baaf.org.uk;
tel: 020 7593 2000, Fax: 020 7593 2001 email: mail@baaf.org.uk BAAFLink is a national database of children and families referred by local authorities and voluntary adoption agencies throughout Britain. details of children needing permanent new families and of families approved by agencies are stored and links are made between the two. BAAFLink can be contacted at;
Tel: 0191 261 6600, Fax: 0191 232 2063 email: newcastle@baaf.org.uk The Scottish Resource Network is a child placement service run by BAAF in Scotland. The West of Scotland Consortium facilitates the placement of children across local authority boundaries in Scotland. Information about the Scottish Resource Network can be obtained from the address listed below;
Tel: 0131 220 4749, Fax: 0131 226 3778 email: scotland@baaf.org.uk The AFAA (Association for families who have adopted from abroad and also support people contemplating inter-country adoption). This organisation can be contacted at the address below;
Tel: 01707 878 793 website: www.afaa.org.uk Contact a Family is a national charity for any parent or professional involved with or caring for a child with disabilities. Through a network of mutual support and self-help groups, Contact a Family brings together families whose children have disabilities, and offers advice and information to parents who wish to start a support group. Contact a Family can be contacted at;
Telephone: 020 7608 8700, FAX: 020 7608 8701 Minicom: 020 7608 8702 Helpline*: 0808 808 3555 (*Freephone for parents and families 10am-4pm, Mon-Fri) email:info@cafamily.org.uk website: www.cafamily.org.uk Exploring Parenthood is an organisation which offers help and advice to parents and runs an advice line during office hours. For more information, please contract;
Parent Network is a national charity that offers a range of courses to parents and professionals supporting families. Courses aim to enhance skills and relationships within the family, using positive but no-violent approaches to discipline. Contact details are;
Adoption UK is a national voluntary self-help group supporting adoptive families before, during and after adoption. Membership includes the bi-monthly journal Adoption Today with the supplement Children Who Wait (which features children needing adoption) - membership costs can be obtained by contacting Adoption UK;
Tel: 01295 752240, Fax: 01295 752241 Helpline: 0870 7700450
Tel: 0131 558 2662 Fax: 0131 558 2772 email: admin@adoptionuk.org.uk email (Scotland): scotland@adoptionuk.org.uk website: www.adoptionuk.org.uk Adoption UK volunteer telephone contact for Fife Tel: 01334 828167 email: bilsonrobert@hotmail.com There are many well established after adoption services now that provide a service for adoptive families, adopted people and birth parents whose children were adopted. Many of them offer advice and counselling, preferably in person, but also on the telephone or by correspondence. The contact addresses are;
NORCAP (The National Organisation for Counselling Adoptees and their parents) is a self-help support group for all parties to adoption. It helps adult adopted people to get in touch with their birth parents, as well as offering help and support to birth parents, adoptive parents, and siblings of adopted people. NORCAP maintains a successful Contact Register and publishes a regular newsletter three times a year - subscription details can be obtained from NORCAP at the following address;
email: enquiries@norcap.org website: www.norcap.org.uk Adoption information line last year referred 3,257 people interested in becoming a foster carer or adopter to agencies throughout the UK. It is clear that the Internet is a very useful way of providing people with information and putting potential adopters and foster carers in touch with the agencies in their area. For more information, click here. Across the UK there are thousands of children in desperate need of a new family. Adoption-Net want to give a voice to the clients of the adoption and fostering agencies - the children as well as the adults - but also want to look at the issues from the other side of the fence and listen to the people who, everyday, have to make difficult life-changing decisions. For more information, click here. Foster care is a service for children and young people who cannot be with their parents because of a family crisis. Foster carers take these children into their own homes and look after them. Although this is a temporary arrangement, a child's stay with a carer can last anything from a couple of days to several months. No matter how long they spend together, foster carers create an environment in which young people can feel well looked after, valued and supported. For more information, click here. The pages are especially for Married Couples and Single People, with or without children, who are considering Adoption as a means of starting or extending their family. It is also for those already involved in the process of the Adoptive Circle there is information and advice on Post Adoption Support. For more information, click here. Talk Adoption You know what it's like, don't want to talk to your parents, can't really talk to your friends. Maybe it doesn't feel right to talk to a teacher, or someone at work. Contact Talk Adoption - they are here to listen about what adoption means to you, so if you live in the UK and have a connection, of any kind, to adoption then click here.
For more information, click here. This site is intended for anyone involved or interested in adoption and relates to adoption in England. The laws governing adoption in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are very similar so this site will help you too if you are thinking of adopting in those countries. For more information, click here. Compactlaw have an excellent questions and answers section relating to Adoption. For more details, click here. Aberdeenshire These pages will give you some basic information about adoption and fostering services in Aberdeenshire. If you are thinking of becoming Foster Carers or if you were fostered or adopted and would like to find out more about your background. To find out more, visit their website by clicking here. ================ Edinburgh Adoption Some children and young people need a permanent home when it is clear they will not be returning to their parents or relatives. To find out more, visit their website by clicking here. Fostering Children who need time away from their families but benefit from living with another family in the community can live with a foster family. To find out more, visit their website by clicking here. ================ Dundee In Scotland there are about 6,000 children and young people being looked after by local authorities - most of these live with foster families. Dundee has an experienced and committed team of carers but, like the rest of Scotland, we are short of carers. Plans for some children being looked after by the Social Work are being frustrated because of a shortage of foster and adoptive families. We particularly need carers for older children and groups of brothers and sisters. To find out more, visit their website by clicking here.================ Highland In Highland, the greatest need is for adoptive homes for children beyond babyhood, particularly for family groups of 2 or more children, and occasionally for children who have physical, learning disabilities or special needs. To find out more, visit their website by clicking here. ================ Adopting a Child - Frequently Asked Questions This page gives information on adopting children who are being looked after by councils. If you wish to adopt a relative or step-child click hereBarnardo's offers a wide range of adoption and fostering services.
Tel: 020 8550 8822, Fax: 020 8551 6870 email: dorothy.howes@barnardos.org.uk website: www.barnardos.org.uk ================ Adoption NCH has no adoption projects in Scotland, however, they do provide foster placement services.
Tel: 0141 332 4041, Fax: 0141 332 7002 website: www.nch.org.uk ================ Adoption NCH has no adoption projects in Scotland, however, they do provide foster placement services.
Tel: 020 7359 7530, Fax: 020 7226 7840 ================ Offer post-adoption counselling and a full range of fostering services with a particular focus on children with special needs.
Tel: 0191 228 0111, Fax: 0191 228 0177 email: socialwork@stcuthbertscare.org.uk ================ Adoption UK is a national voluntary self-help group supporting adoptive families before, during and after adoption. Membership includes the bi-monthly journal Adoption Today with the supplement Children Who Wait (which features children needing adoption) - membership costs can be obtained by contacting Adoption UK;
Tel: 020 7620 6400, Fax: 020 7620 6401 email: enquiries@fostercare.org.uk website: www.fosteringnetwork.co.uk ================ Aberlour Child Care Trust has been caring for vulnerable and deprived children throughout Scotland for 125 years. Every penny they raise, stays in Scotland. Scottish Charity Number SCO 07991.
Tel: 01786 895 021, Fax: 01786 473 238 email: enquiries@aberlour.org.uk website: www.aberlour.org.uk |
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