British Association for Adoption and Fostering

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BAAF is the leading UK-wide membership organisation promoting high standards of child-centred policies and services for children separated from birth families. It helps hundreds of children each year to find new homes and supports adoptive parents, foster parents and professionals. National Adoption Week (1-7 November) aims to encourage more people to come forward and adopt. Currently there are 4000 children in the UK waiting to be adopted.

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'Children who need to be adopted are left in limbo. They need to be fed, loved and clothed. We don't want them to wait' Record numbers of North East children are facing an uncertain future after a sharp fall in the number of families coming forward to take part in adoptions. Reporter Vicky Robson finds out more.(Features) The Journal (Newcastle, England); 11/9/2009 ...to recruit more families. The pleas come at the start of National Adoption Week, organised by the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF). Erica Amende, regional director of BAAF, says some youngsters face spending their childhoods... ...more

One perk is that we both get Mothers Day and Father's Day cards; GAY COUPLE BREAK THE MOULD TO GIVE BROTHERS A HOME.(News) Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales); 11/8/2009 ...just like any other family. Speaking for the first time about their experience, to promote the British Association for Adoption and Fostering's National Adoption Week which starts tomorrow, Paul says parenthood has been more rewarding than... ...more

Distressing and wrong when grandparents are refused access to adopted youngsters; COLUMNISTS deniserobertson straight-talking sense from the nation's favourite agony aunt.(News) Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 11/3/2009 A LETTER to newspapers from prestigious organisations like the British Association for Adoption and Fostering and the Grandparents Association advocates financial help for grandparents caring for their grandchildren. Although they do it... ...more