October 16, 2020
As National Adoption Week continues, we’re delighted to share Carol’s story. Carol is supporting the national campaign, and encouraging more members of the Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic (BAME) community to consider adoption. Dr Carol Dennis is 58 and from South London. She and her husband adopted 4 year old Kwame two years ago. […]
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 […]
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, […]
October 16, 2019
Louise and Jake became parents with the help of SFCS in 2011. Their daughter Jasmine is now 12 years old. They’ve travelled a rocky road, but we’re delighted that they’ve decided to share their experiences for National Adoption Week 2019. Jake and I had been together for some time when we decided we wanted […]
October 14, 2019
It’s National Adoption Week! Like many other agencies in the UK, SFCS is ready for a week of activity, aiming to raise the profile of adoption and the difference it can make to vulnerable children in care. National Adoption Week 2019 begins today and runs until Sunday 20th October. This year’s campaign will focus on the […]
October 02, 2019
It seems impossible, but National Adoption Week is less than two weeks away! That means that adoption agencies like us are gearing up for a week of activity, aiming to raise the profile of adoption and the difference it can make to vulnerable children in care. National Adoption Week 2019 takes place between Monday 14th […]
October 17, 2018
Huge congratulations to our Consultant Social Worker, Kate Garside, who was a short-listed finalist at the National Adoption Week Awards. Kate made the final three in the Adoption Support Practitioner of the Year category at the awards ceremony which took place at the Foundling Museum in London last night, Tuesday 16th October. The awards were presented […]
October 12, 2018
It seems impossible, but National Adoption Week begins on Monday! Like many other agencies in the UK, SFCS is ready for a week of activity, aiming to raise the profile of adoption and the difference it can make to vulnerable children in care. National Adoption Week 2018 takes place between Monday 15th – Sunday 21st October, and […]
September 12, 2018
It seems impossible, but National Adoption Week is just a month away! That means that adoption agencies like us are gearing up for a week of activity, aiming to raise the profile of adoption and the difference it can make to vulnerable children in care. National Adoption Week 2018 takes place between Monday 15th – Sunday […]
October 18, 2017
Mahmood and Parveen* became parents earlier this year with the help of SFCS. They adopted siblings – brothers aged 17 months and 5 months. They share their experiences with us in this insightful Q&A. *All names have been changed for reasons of confidentiality How did you arrive at the decision to adopt? It was […]
