Useful Links
BAAF (British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering)
This is the leading organisation with a National voice, promoting best practice in both adoption and fostering services for children separated from their families.
Saffron House
3rd Floor
6-10 Kirby Street
London
EC1N 8TS
Tel: 020 7421 2600
BAAF North East
MEA House
Ellison Place
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8XS
Tel: 0191 261 6600
Advice and information line: 0113 289 1144
Fax: 0191 232 2063
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Adoption UK
A national self help group run by adoptive parents offering support before, during and after adoption.
Adoption UK aims to provide support, information and encouragement for prospective adopters and for families after adoption.
Linden House
55 The Green
South Bar Street
Banbury
Oxfordshire
OX16 9AB
Tel: 01295 752240
After Adoption
Head Office
Unit 5 Citygate
5 Blantyre Steet
Manchester
M15 4JJ
General Number: 0161 839 4932
ActionLine: 0800 0 568 578
TALKadoption: 0808 808 1234
BirthTies: 0800 840 2020
Fax Number: 0161 832 2242
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After Adoption Yorkshire
31 Moor Road
Headingley
Leeds
Yorkshire
LS6 4BG
Helpline Telephone No: 0113 230 2100
Office Telephone No: 0113 278 6487
Fax No: 0113 278 6487
Talk Adoption
A national help line for young people (under 26) who want to talk about adoption
Head Office
Unit 5 Citygate
5 Blantyre Street
Manchester
M15 4JJ
NORCAP
Provides information for adopted people, adoptive parents and people whose son or daughter was adopted.
NORCAP is a support group, established to help adults handle their feelings about the affect of adoption on their lives. It provides opportunities for adopted people, adoptive parents and those people who have had a child adopted, to talk freely with others who have personal experience of adoption
112 Church Road
Wheatley
Oxfordshire
OX33 1LU
Tel: 01865 875000
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Post Adoption Centre
Provides a service for children and families aimed at enhancing understanding of adoption issues for both children and parents.
5 Torriano Mews
Torriano Avenue
London
NW5 2RZ
Tel: 0207 2840555
Advice Line: 0207 2845879
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Sanctuary Buildings Great Smith Street London SW1P 3BTTel: 0870 0002288 Email: Turn on JavaScript to view e-mail addresses!
Independent Review Mechanism
IRM Contract Manager Dolphin House 54 Coventry Road Birmingham B10 0RXTel: 0121 7668086 Email: Turn on JavaScript to view e-mail addresses! www.irm-adoption.org.uk
BECON
(Black Minority Ethnic Community Organisations Network)
Becon is the regional infrastructure organisation for the Black Minority Ethnic (BME) voluntary and community sector in the North East of England. The project was established in 1999 to encourage participation and develop the networks and the capacity of Black Minority Ethnic (BME) community groups and organisations in the North East region.
Newcastle Office (Head Office) 182 Portland Road Newcastle NE2 1DJTel: 0191 2094747 www.becon.org.uk Tees Valley & Durham Office 98 Dovecot Street Stockton on Tees TS18 1HA
Tel: 01642 611212 www.becon.org.uk
Useful Websites
Intermediary Services
Full list of agencies providing search and intermediary services can be found on:
www.adoptionsearchreunion.org.uk
General Register Office (GRO)
Ofsted
Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies (CVAA)
Adoption Register for England and Wales
Every Child Matters
Latest News
Press release from the Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies (CVAA)
DFW Adoption is a member of the CVAA alongside 31 other VAAs in the UK. CVAA welcomes the current government focus and commitment to adoption as one of a range of options for achieving security and stability for children in care, where they cannot be raised within their family of birth Read More
Adoption Action Plan for Tackling Delay
Information about the Government's adoption action plan - which sets out a range of proposals to speed up the process for children, to overhaul the service for prospective adopters and to strengthen local accountability for the timeliness of adoption services. Read More
The need for effective post-adoption parenting training. (Article by Dave Harrop published in The Guardian - Tuesday 13 March 2012).
An agency in Durham has started running parenting training to provide support for families who have adopted Read More
