BARNARDO'S Scotland has won an award for successfully placing Asian children with suitable adoptive families.

The charity's family placement service won the Community Care Award 2001 for its work on same-race placements for Asian children in Scotland.

The award was presented at the London Hilton in Park Lane.

Barnardo's will use its £4000 prize money to highlight the needs of black and Asian children through performing arts which include a staged event at the Edinburgh Mela, a multicultural event staged during the Edinburgh Festival.

It is hoped this will help recruit more adoptive parents from the Asian community in Scotland.

Used courtesy of the Edinburgh News