Adoption Support Service wins 2018 Charity Governance Award
Families for Children is delighted to announce that we have been awarded of one of the prestigious Charity Governance Awards for 2018. Families for Children were chosen from over 20 charities from across the UK each nominated to receive one of seven awards and a £5,000 unrestricted grant. All the shortlisted charities represented a diverse […]
An “Outstanding” performance AGAIN.
Families for Children are delighted to announce that, for the third consecutive time, the Agency has been awarded ‘Outstanding’ following a recent OFSTED inspection. It is a major achievement to be recognised as one of the UK’s most prominent Adoption Agencies in providing adoption services to families across the South West Caroline Davis, CEO, comments, […]
Former Deputy Chief Executive Officer receives honour for his services to children and adoption.
We are pleased to announce that our former collegue and Deputy CEO of Families for Children, Graham Pellew, has been awarded an OBE from Prince William at Buckingham Palace. Graham, who has recently completed 30 years of working in Adoption, was awarded the honour for his services to children and families. Graham started his career working […]
A Tale of Twins
Some beautiful words about keeping siblings together from one of our young people. The Tale Of Twins Growing up I was very lucky; less then a year after my birth i was adopted along side my twin brother into a loving family. Even from a young age we’ve been like any other pair of siblings. […]
Lifetime Achievement Award for Caroline Davis, CEO of Families for Children
The National Adoption Week Awards recognise and celebrate good practice and exceptional achievement among those working or involved in adoption in England. On Tuesday 17th October, First4Adoption hosted the annual National Adoption Week Awards at the Foundling Museum, London to celebrate good practice and exceptional achievement among those working or involved in adoption in the […]
Response to media reports of Child to Parent Violence in Adoption
Recent media stories have highlighted some of the difficulties that some adoptive families are facing with violence from children to parents. It is essential to communicate that many of the children placed for adoption have come from difficult backgrounds where violence between their parents was a regular and terrifying experience, but this is not true […]
Michael Caines, MBE, talks Adoption and Support of FFC
Our wonderful Patron Michael Caines, MBE talks about his own adoption and his support for the work of Families for children across the South West. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKu1uABSXXI
Exeter Foundation Dinner 2017
We were pleased to attend the Exeter Foundation Dinner last month where we were handed a cheque for just over £1000 for last seasons fundraising efforts. Each year we take part in the Foundation’s charity bucket collections at the Exeter Chiefs games and are one of 20 charities who benefit from the work of the foundation.
Hawkchurch Resort and Spa Nominated Charity
We are delighted to announce that Hawkchurch Resort and Spa have chosen Families for Children as their nominated charity. Throughout the year they will be working with us to raise funds through events and activities at the Resort and Spa; events such as their Christmas Fair, a static bike ride and some items within their […]
Free training for adoption social workers to support LGBT applicants
Series of conferences taking place across England Although 1 in 10 adoptions in England were to same-sex couples in 2016, LGBT people still report incidents of discrimination while going through the approval process and when being matched with potential children. New Family Social will run a series of free training conferences later this year to […]