About Us

Who we are.

DFW Adoption is an independent charity working in the North East of England.

We are a Voluntary Adoption Agency registered to provide Domestic Adoption Services. We provide Adoption Support Services to adults and children. We are registered to offer Birth Records Counselling and Intermediary Services under Section 98 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002.
Adoption records are required to be kept for 100 years. We are registered to provide these services for adopted adults and birth relatives whether or not ours was the agency. Our work is inspected regularly by Ofsted to ensure that we continue to offer a professional and high class service.
We are the adoption agency for the Church of England in the Diocese of Durham, but we work also with people of all faiths or none and with all ethnic sections of the community.
We work closely with other adoption agencies in the region and with local authorities all over the country who are looking for adoptive parents for children in their care.
Donations and fundraising help us to maintain and improve our services.
We cover the whole of the North East of England

What we do

We find adoptive parents for children from many different backgrounds who cannot be brought up within their own families.
We provide preparation, training and support to adoptive parents and their children at every stage of the adoption process.
We offer a specialist service to adopted people who wish to find information about their original family.
We provide advice and support to birth relatives of adopted people.
We can also help adopted people and their birth relatives get in touch with each other.

Latest News

After receiving our 2nd "Outstanding" report from Ofsted, we would like to share some of his comments with you.... Read More

Come and join us at our Centenary - Open Day to celebrate the work of DFW Adoption over the years. Read More

DFW Adoption Newsletter for June 2010 is now available to download. Read More