News@www.adoption-net.co.uk
May, 2005 stories
May 31, 2005
Foster duo win award
Shortage of social workers causes fears over childcare
Leading adoption agency welcomes new chairman
May 27, 2005
A century of dedication
On the bulletin board
May 26, 2005
Foster carers urgently needed for ethnic children
Urgent plea for missing 12-year-old to get in contact
Reshuffle means better child care
May 25, 2005
County is a top performer in caring for children
Children's care overspent
Big Lottery money for foster care in Wales
May 24, 2005
Daughter meets birth parents . . . after 49 years
May 23, 2005
The guardian grandparents
May 20, 2005
Bringing fostering into the public domain
Over three-quarters of people rule themselves out of becoming foster carers
On the bulletin board
May 19, 2005
Mum's the word for Mary
Foster carers wanted in the Hull area
May 18, 2005
Thank goodness for families like these
DfES cash to fund foster carer advice line
Children's charity hit by fire
Hollywood actress Sharon Stone adopts baby boy
May 17, 2005
Meet the Cade crusaders - super heroes in the world of foster care
May 16, 2005
Demanding - but hugely rewarding
Could you help?
TXT 4 FOSTR PRNTS
West Thames student wins first place in nationwide fashion competition
May 13, 2005
Book Review
Foster carers who wouldn't change their jobs for the world
Cash in on your clutter
Fostering facts
May 12, 2005
Appeal to find more foster families
Parents needed
Alison Larkin's The English American
May 11, 2005
Help is needed to address shortage of foster carers
'Seeing children grow is the best reward'
How childhood troubles made me a good mum
Siblings are reunited, 60 years on
On the bulletin board
May 10, 2005
Adoption diary
Fostering Factfile
Help to foster hope for children in need
It's just a stepping stone in their lives
Scottish foster carer to share highs and lows with Internet diary
May 9, 2005
Call for more foster carers
Campaign for foster care starts
Reggie's on hunt for nifty-fifties
Adoption agency welcomes a new recruit.
May 6, 2005
Bus to help find parents
May 5, 2005
Could you be a foster carer?
Choir of orphans is on song for school
May 4, 2005
Woman meets long lost siblings
Fostering rules to be tightened
May 3, 2005
Ukrainians get ideas from children's home
This site has been designed with few graphics to make it quick to load and simple to navigate.
Devon couple win recognition for fostering more than 30 children over the past 20 years
Aberdeenshire Council has a severe shortage of qualified social workers with the number of vacancies reaching as high as one in four in some areas of childcare
David Cracknell is to take up the chairmanship of Cheshire's independent adoption agency, Adoption Matters
Barnardo's is marking the centenary of the death of founder Dr Thomas Barnardo this year by celebrating the difference the charity continues to make to the lives of hundreds of thousands of children throughout the country
Looking for my sister, born Jacqueline Margaret Langmead
The county of Gloucestershire is facing a massive shortage of foster carers - with children from ethnic minorities suffering the most
Police are extremely concerned for the welfare of a 12-year-old girl who has been missing from foster care for over a week
Children in Lincolnshire have their own 'champion' from today - and he is already pledging better services
Government inspectors praise county's services - rating them among the top providers in England
Plans are to be made to tackle a projected £3.5 million overspend on Staffordshire children's social care services during the coming year
Foster carers and the children and young people they care for in Wales are to receive more support thanks to a grant from The Big Lottery
Woman reunited with her birth parents almost half a century after she was given up for adoption
What happens when gran and granddad end up playing mum and dad all over again?
With a national shortage of foster carers East Riding of Yorkshire Council once again welcomes the arrival of Foster Care Fortnight
This information comes from a new poll by the Fostering Network:
Searching for adopted half brother - possibly named Bruce Hamilton
Ever since she was an only child, Mary Richardson dreamt of having a large family. With her husband, John, Mary made that dream come true by fostering children for over 40 years
Hull Fostering Services is actively looking for people from all walks of life who can care for a variety of children from birth up to the age of 16
It's Fostering Fortnight and, as always, two councils are desperately hoping to entice more people to consider helping to look after the 900 children in their care
The Fostering Network a charity for foster carers, is opening a new free advice line for foster carers
Adopt-A-Child, based in Culloden, Highland, lose everything after a suspicious fire guts their office
Basic Instinct star Sharon Stone had told of her joy at adopting her second child
Meet two dedicated foster carers whose devotion to children is simply humbling
Are you interested in fostering a child or group of brothers and sisters?
Derby City and County councils are constantly in need of new foster carers to look after hundreds of youngsters
East Renfrewshire Council is calling on local residents to text them to find out more about fostering
The results are in for 'A Fashion to Dye For', the nationwide competition run in association with the UK's leading children's charity, Barnardo's, and Dylon
Connecting with Kids through Stories - using narratives to facilitate attachment in adopted children - by Denise B Lacher, Todd Nichols and Joanne C May
To coincide with Foster Care Fortnight Birmingham City Council launches urgent appeal for long-term foster parents in the area
Want to make some cash from your unwanted items with as little hassle as possible?
Here is some brief information for anyone considering becoming a foster carer
Foster families are being sought to give loving homes to children in care
The need for foster parents is being highlighted during National Foster Care Fortnight
To celebrate its 15th Anniversary year, After Adoption is holding a series of special events featuring internationally acclaimed comic writer and performer Alison Larkin at the Soho Theatre, London
A call has been issued for 30 families or individuals to come forward to help address the shortage of foster carers in Derby
Being single hasn't stopped foster carer Maddie Stevens being a mum to many children
Sue Gilpin was adopted when she was 12. Four years later, she contacted her birth mother. Sue, tells how her experiences have made her determined to be a good mum to her three children
After 60 years of wondering whether they would ever find each other, three siblings have been reunited
Intercountry adoption advice wanted
Week 32 - settling in
A few facts about fostering
A new poll has found that more than three-quarters of people wrongly rule themselves out of fostering
For Julie Wheawall becoming a foster carer was not a difficult decision. The 36-year-old has been a full-time foster carer for almost 10 years, and has looked after a total of 24 babies and young children in that time...
Foster carer is to record the highs and lows of daily life looking after other people's children in an online daily diary
An urgent search for long-term foster carers in Great Barr
Council chiefs have launched a new campaign aimed at increasing the number of foster parents by a quarter
Staffordshire County Council's fostering and adoption recruitment bus will be touring the region from today
Adoption agency Adoption Matters has welcomed a new team member
The drive to recruit adoptive parents and foster carers moves up a gear with the launch of a new exhibition bus
Fostering Fortnight will be celebrated in some local areas with a range of events to promote fostering
African orphans have been sharing their life experiences with pupils at a north-east school
A woman has been reunited with her six brothers and sister nearly 60 years after she lost touch with them
Rules governing private foster care placements in Devon are to be brought into line with local authority care
The experiences of children and staff in Gloucestershire could help children hundreds of miles away in the Ukraine
©
adoption-net.co.uk 2000