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We welcome enquiries from the LGBTQ+ community
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Make a positive change to a child's life today
At Families for Children, we believe that the best place for a child to grow is with their birth families. However where this is not possible we endeavour to find new adoptive families who can offer them a stable and loving home.
Families for Children is an independent, not-for-profit organisation. We are smaller than most statutory agencies and offer a personalised service to adopters from all backgrounds.
Watch and listen to these adoptive parent talking about their decision to adopt through a Voluntary Adoption Agency like Families for Children.
Family Stories
Read about the challenges and rewards of adoption, lovingly told by our families who have adopted.
Adoption Process
Read about what's required to become an adopter and how the adoption process works.
Can I Adopt?
Check you are eligible to adopt and lets us bust some of those common myths about adoption.
LGBT+ Adoption
We welcome enquiries and applications from Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender adopters.
Want to find out if you are Eligible to Adopt through Families for Children?
Families for Children have always specialised in placing the most vulnerable children with secure and loving adoptive families. These children specifically include older children (age 4 and up), sibling groups who need to stay together, and children with additional needs.
It is these children we search long and hard to find families for. We are focussing our search for adoptive families for this group of children and urge anyone who has considered adoption to come and learn more about adopting a 'priority child' and contact us today.
Support us
As a charity, Families for Children, relies on you fundraising and donations to provide vital support to our children and their families who have been touched by the care system.
Adoption Support - Lopwell Barn
A place where young people can come to relax, reflect and engage in outdoor activities and adventure either with their families, peers, school or as individuals.
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