Gavin Williamson calls for overhaul of ‘overly bureaucratic adoption system’

October 14, 2020

To coincide with National Adoption Week, the DfE have issued a press release, in which Education Secretary Gavin Williamson calls for an overhaul of our ‘overly bureaucratic adoption system’. Source: UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/education-secretary-urges-overhaul-to-adoption-system   An overly bureaucratic system that places too high a burden on parents who want to adopt is making it harder […]


National Adoption Week begins

October 12, 2020

Today marks the start of National Adoption Week! This year’s campaign will be slightly different, as it falls in the middle of the national #YouCanAdopt campaign. Whilst the #YouCanAdopt campaign seeks to bust the myths around who is eligible to adopt, the National Adoption Week campaign will particularly reach out to members of the Black, […]


National #YouCanAdopt campaign launches

September 16, 2020

A new nationwide campaign, #YouCanAdopt, is being launched today to dispel myths around who is eligible to adopt and encourage more people to consider adoption. A coalition of National, Regional and Voluntary adoption agencies across the country, supported by the Department for Education (DfE), have joined forces to launch a nationwide recruitment campaign to raise […]


SFCS kids get arty!

August 03, 2020

Last month, SFCS enlisted the help of Brush Party UK to host a special online painting party for some of our families – and the results are fantastic! This special event was completely free of charge for our adoptive families, as it was funded by BBC Children in Need. In the week before the event took place, […]


Still seeking families for children in care

June 15, 2020

St. Francis’ Children’s Society (SFCS) are urging people who are considering adoption to come forward, as they continue to welcome adoption enquiries despite current lockdown restrictions. Alison Miller, CEO of St. Francis’ Children’s Society says, “Although the country is in lockdown, around 3,000 children are still in care, waiting to find their forever homes. In […]


The ‘I Am Safe’ Project

April 27, 2020

SFCS have launched the ‘I Am Safe’ Project to help our children and their families focus on the positives during what, for many, will be a stressful and troubling time. When the world feels like a scary place, it can be hard to think of happy times. When we feel like this, it can help […]


LGBT+ Adoption & Fostering Week

February 24, 2020

LGBT+ Adoption & Fostering Week begins on Monday 2nd March! More LGBT+ adopters are needed to provide loving, stable homes for vulnerable children in our region. 1 in 7 adoptions in England in 2019 were to same-sex couples, but more than 3,000 children in the UK are still awaiting adoption. LGBT+ Adoption & Fostering Week […]


REAL ADOPTION STORY: Helen, Rob & Dylan

January 31, 2020

Helen and Rob* became parents in 2018, when they adopted their son Dylan* with the help of SFCS. We’re so grateful to them for sharing their adoption story… * Names have been changed for reasons of confidentiality   Our journey to having a family was not as smooth as we had always assumed it would […]


Government issues new adoption advice to councils

January 17, 2020

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson and Children & Families Minister Michelle Donelan have urged local councils not to shy away from recommending adoption for vulnerable children who are in care. There has been a drop in the number of assessments recommending adoption, and councils have been asked to review their practices to ensure that vulnerable young […]


Count down to Christmas with the SFCS Advent Calendar!

November 27, 2019

December is almost here, and SFCS is getting into the festive spirit. On Sunday 1st December, we’ll be launching our online Advent Calendar!  Why not count down the days until Christmas with SFCS this year? Every day on our Facebook page and Twitter feed, we’ll be posting a new ‘window’ in our advent calendar for our […]