With National Adoption Week (NAW) fast approaching, now seems a good time to let you know of some fabulous webinars and talks running during the week.
Keep an eye out for our 'meet an adopter' chats too.
Adoption UK, PAC-UK, New Family Social and Coram BAAF will be running workshops, seminars and 1-1 sessions during NAW aimed at existing adopters, approved adopters waiting, adopted people, birth families and professional social workers.
All events can be found at http://ow.ly/QOUz50GnDnc and will be continually updated with the latest booking information.
As part of National Adoption Week, we will be sharing voices from across the world of adoption. This years’ campaign is focusing on generating a better understanding of the different experiences of adoption and championing those stories less told.
With this in mind I would really like to share some words from a birth parent, if anyone knows of some good blogs etc. please point me in the right direction.
With National Adoption Week (NAW) fast approaching, now seems a good time to let you know of some fabulous webinars and talks running during the week.
Keep an eye out for our 'meet an adopter' chats too.
Adoption UK, PAC-UK, New Family Social and Coram BAAF will be running workshops, seminars and 1-1 sessions during NAW aimed at existing adopters, approved adopters waiting, adopted people, birth families and professional social workers.
All events can be found at http://ow.ly/QOUz50GnDnc and will be continually updated with the latest booking information.
Compassion, empathy and tolerance. These are three of the key qualities real adopters say we should be looking for in potential adopters of siblings.
Interested in finding out more about adopting siblings, please do get in touch.
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The second annual Adoption & Foster care support week for LGBT+ parents takes place 20-24 September. Adoption West is proud to back it.
LGBT+ people now play a key role in parenting some of our most vulnerable children. In 2020 1 in 6 adoptions in England were to same-sex couples.
Research suggests that LGBT+ adoptive parents are more likely to adopt older children, sibling groups, or those with additional needs and disabilities than other adopters. While LGBT+ adopters and foster carers bring a unique skillset to parenting, they also face distinct and separate support challenges to other adopters and foster carers.
We work with all our adopters to recognise and value the strengths and benefits they can bring to adoption. And we want to support you through every step of your parenting journey.
This year we are hoping to increase that figure.
This week is New Family Social's Adoption & Fostering Support Week for LGBT+ parents. We are proud to support this week and just wanted to reiterate ; we are here to offer support both through your assessment and beyond.
We ask that you, as an adopter, are able to care for a child where the rewards may not be immediate and some children may need ongoing support into adulthood. In return we are able to offer support to the best of our abilities.
Adoption & Fostering Support Week for LGBT+ parents returns on 20 September. Find out more about how the campaign supports LGBT+ adopters & foster carers - visit New Family Social's pages;
http://ow.ly/U89q50Gaghw
**Sibling Sunday**
We are always looking for people to consider adopting siblings, but regardless of whether you take siblings or not, you will probably still need to consider siblings bonds at some level.
Very few children who are adopted are only children; they may go to live with an adopted sibling, they may have full biological siblings living elsewhere, they may have half siblings living elsewhere, they may have siblings in the future.
Nearly every adoptive parent will need to consider their child's siblings and what contact will look like for those children and how this bond affects their child.
We are here to help with this and want to offer support, should you need it.
