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March, 2004 stories

March 31, 2004

United with two sisters he had never met
A man recently reunited with two long lost sisters he had never met before is now hoping to trace his mother - and another brother

Diary of an adopter
An update on a completed diary - two and a half years on

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to trace Tracey Greenaway

March 30, 2004

Action plan for children in care
Derbyshire County Council have drawn up an action plan to raise the educational achievements of children in its care

Luda helps pupils send boxes of love
Pupils collect hundreds of baby products for charity

Divided loyalties... issues in private and transracial fostering
A one-day conference is being held in London on May 19, about transracial fostering

Truck driver's 10-year search for sister is over
A truck driver is celebrating after 10 years of trying to track down his sister who was adopted at birth

March 29, 2004

Fostering open evening March 30th
Thurrock Fostering will be hosting an open evening for prospective foster carers

Mum is found after 33 years
A Nottingham man is reunited with his mother who gave him up for adoption 33 years ago

Certificates for foster carers
Awards ceremony honours foster carers in North Somerset

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to trace VERA CATLIN

March 26, 2004

Charity plea for mentor volunteers
A children's charity is appealing for volunteers to take part in a new mentoring scheme in the Bodmin area

Concern mounts for missing boy
A teenage asylum seeker, whose application to remain in the UK has been turned down, has gone missing from his Taunton foster home

Go to work on an egg?
Adoption agency charity Families For Children is searching for a manufacturer which can make it a three-foot-high chocolate Easter egg

The Silent Mum on Mothering Sunday
This is a poem written by a lady who had to give up her child for adoption

March 25, 2004

Wanted: Loving foster homes
Foster carers are being sought in the North Lincolnshire area, as the number of children needing a stable and loving home rises

Foster carers' departure marks end of an era
Adoption Matters this week bid a fond farewell to its team of foster carers, marking the end of an era for the Cheshire adoption agency

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to trace Steven Philip Taylor

March 24, 2004

Young people are praised for exams success
Youngsters in care and who have left care have been rewarded for their educational achievements

Plan to help Ecuador's street children in Quito
Abandoned and orphaned children in Ecuador could be helped by a Wells teenager if sponsors can be found to fund her three-month placement

Reunion to mark matron's birthday
A reunion is to be held later this year in honour of the last matron at a Derby orphanage

March 23, 2004

Orphans get essentials thanks to our readers
After the Gloucester Citizen featured a Kenyan orphanage in its paper back in January, readers have generously donated £1,400

Saluting the super-mums!
Super-mum Anne is set to celebrate after hearing she is a winner of Leicester Mercury's A Mum in a Million competition

Fears over asylum bill
Up to 100 Nottingham asylum seeker families could have their children taken into care under a new law being discussed in Parliament

Diary of an adopter
Week 11 of our adoption diary

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to trace Jennifer Ann Medhurst

March 22, 2004

Emergency foster scheme launched
A scheme has been launched in Northampton to help children who come into the council's care in an emergency situation

Foster family call for young defendants
An appeal is launched for foster families to take on one of the most challenging care roles in the city

Woman searches for gran she never knew
A woman appeals for help to trace the grandmother she never knew

March 19, 2004

Fun day out for foster children
A day of fun was held for youngsters in care in Bristol

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to trace Paul Stuart Webster

March 18, 2004

Would-be foster parents line up
More than 20 volunteers have come forward as potential foster carers in Gloucestershire

Paul survives child cruelty and illness
Paul Roberts can be seen regularly playing his violin for passers-by in Exeter High Street. But his life in Devon is a world away from his early years in West Africa, where he almost became a human sacrifice

More babies are needed
A look back at the adoption process 30 years ago

March 17, 2004

The joys of living with two fantastic foster mothers
More than 100,000 households in Derby will receive council tax bills - with them will come a bookmark displaying the number to ring if you want to foster a child

Child of Courage
A Romanian child who was born with no lower arms and a severely deformed was made a Child of Courage for his work raising money for The Limbless Society

Foster mother always put other people first
Former foster mother and carer has died, aged 82

Fostering - the next steps
Thinking about working from home? - Fee Paid Carers(s)

March 16, 2004

Derby desperate for more carers
Derby City Council is always greatly in need of more foster carers as it battles to keep pace with the formidable number of children in its care

Teachers monitoring all children in care
Every school in Neath, Port Talbot and the Swansea Valley has appointed a teacher to keep an eye on the progress of children in care

Scottish man returns from orphanage project
The president of a north-east Scotland Rotary club has returned from a 10-day trip to Sierra Leone in west Africa where he helped renovate an orphanage

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to trace Paul Steven Desmond

March 15, 2004

Mother's Day mass on the theme of adoption
A special mass is being held on Mother's Day at Clifton Cathedral, Bristol, to remember all those people involved in adoption

Rewarding day for young achievers
Hollyoaks star Nick Pickard was in Bristol to celebrate the achievements of children and young people in care

New system aims to halt child abuse
Children across Stoke-on-Trent are to get their own director to champion their education and welfare needs

Child care cases are reviewed
Social services in Gloucestershire have four weeks to review any controversial cases of children being taken into care

March 12, 2004

Plans lodged for children's home
A planning application has been drawn up for the conversion of buildings at Manley's Farm, West Buckland, Devon, into a children's home

Foster kids cheaper by the dozens!
In response to a Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Mother's Day promotion, a daughter puts pen to paper to describe her mum as "a marvellous woman who lights up everyone's life"

An orphan's story
An orphan who was evacuated in the war has been sharing her experiences with schoolchildren after publishing a book about her life

'I am the only constant factor in a child's life'
A shortage of social workers has been blamed for social services' failure to meet targets in assessing children at risk

March 11, 2004

Valuable assets
Bath & North East Somerset Council wants to recruit foster carers willing to open their home to local children

Truth stranger than fiction
A remarkable true story is behind the plot of Evelyn Hood's latest novel, but the author is often inspired by real-life people and places

More news from around the world
Babies for sale as Cambodian villagers fight poverty

March 10, 2004

Foster carers call
National children's charity Barnardo's has launched an appeal to find carers for children with disabilities

Fostering advice comes to town
Foster caring is being put at the top of the agenda in a series of road shows across South West Wales this week

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to trace Beverly Harris

March 9, 2004

'Brilliant' student receives award
A student who grew up in foster care receives an achievement award at the Celebrating the Achievements of Young People in Care and Care Leavers ceremony

Diary of an adopter
Week 10 of our adoption diary

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to trace Rebecca Anne Tanton

March 8, 2004

A champion for children
A privacy row has overshadowed new plans to prevent the murder and abuse of children

At last we will all be together
Three months ago Terry Boast plucked up the courage to trace his surviving relatives and was able to discover the five sisters and a brother he has never known

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to trace Stephen Glenn

March 5, 2004

Service to mark adoption
Church service to celebrate adoption, parenthood and Mother's Day

March 3, 2004

Foster campaign aims to turn children's dreams into reality
Posters highlighting the need for more foster carers and adopters are going up across Leicester this week

Children in care put art on display at museum
A new exhibition is featuring the artwork of children in care

Murder hunt launched after mother stabbed to death
Foster parents were caring for a four-month-old baby as police continue investigations into the death of his young mum

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to trace Jeremy James Johnson

March 2, 2004

'We will care for Tracey's children'
From three children to six as couple take in friend's family

Fostering has a huge impact
The City and County of Swansea family placement team has relaunched as Foster Swansea

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to trace Joan Davenport

March 1, 2004

Adopted man finds mother
A Frome man has this week told how emotion overcame him when he saw a picture of his mother for the first time

Foster carers to 87 children
Trish and Peter Thomas really do care - a quality that has given comfort and security to 87 children whom they have taken under their wing over the years

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to trace Jean Rose Snapes

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