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November, 2005 stories
November 30, 2005
New service for forever families?
We adopted our children from overseas
Millionaire winner aids Thai home
November 29, 2005
Abandoned in a phone box
Book Review
On the bulletin board
Further £37.8 million needed for quality foster care in Wales
November 28, 2005
One week to go!
Book Review
November 25, 2005
Changing lives of youngsters for the better
Belfast conference: living in the care system long term
Carers honoured for helping children
November 24, 2005
Brenda's been a caring mum to hundreds
Pilot scheme to help kids is a success
Sue searches for brother
Book Review
"Foster care is all about making a child feel safe and secure"
November 23, 2005
Policy on care age rethink
On the bulletin board
ChildLine set to join NSPCC
Foster children unveil new movie
Lack of cuddles in infancy may affect development of brain
November 22, 2005
Diary of an adopter
On the bulletin board
November 21, 2005
Adoption agency celebrates 50 years
On the bulletin board
Last week's opinion poll results
November 18, 2005
Funding problem will not hit care
Press release from NSPCC
November 17, 2005
It's like we have adopted the kids
Press release from the Fostering Network
One city's foster care crisis
November 16, 2005
Plea goes out to find families
Mum and dad are doing such a good thing
Carers needed to give youngsters a loving home
Campaign to find fosterers
November 15, 2005
Single mum Caryn urges people to follow her lead and adopt
On the bulletin board
Foster care reforms urged by MPs
Demands for more money
Black minority ethnic foster carers honoured at civic ceremony
November 14, 2005
Adopters needed
Audio Review
Foster mum tuned into helping London children
Call goes out for families to adopt
Fay Ripley urges the public to "detox the toy box"
November 11, 2005
Foster care in the spotlight
Black children's adoption crisis
Book Review
Press release from Barnardo's
Press release from NCH
Give us a call - Barnardo's urges would-be adopters
November 10, 2005
Appeal for more adoption support
Luke has enriched our lives
Search is on for 'forever families'
Chance to find out more about adoption
Appeal for more families to adopt
Foster carers honoured for their years of service
November 9, 2005
Flexible foster care means almost anyone can help a child
Book Review
On the bulletin board
On the bulletin board
Homes wanted for town's children
Homes wanted for city's children
Huge shortage of foster carers
November 8, 2005
Our house isn't a home without teenagers in it
Chance to find out more about adoption
390 children need a family to love them
Adopters sought across Wiltshire
Black and minority ethnic communities must come forward to adopt in the UK
Islanders urged to adopt a child
Londoners urged to adopt a child
November 7, 2005
BAAF reveals damage caused to thousands of children in care
Book Review
Last week's opinion poll results
November 4, 2005
"Think Adoption" Appeal
Car discount could fund fostering
November 3, 2005
Kids in care search for a family home
Campaign encourages parents to "Just Ask"
Blitz your glitz for Barnardo's
November 2, 2005
Families for adoption call
Fun cash to aid children
Farm party has a silver lining
BAAF Chief Executive to retire
On the bulletin board
November 1, 2005
Foster carers are needed
On the bulletin board
The Fostering Network
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Kayleigh Ward was so impressed with the civil ceremony held to mark the birth of her son - that she decided to become a celebrant herself
With a shortage of healthy toddlers available for adoption in the UK, would-be parents are often tempted to consider overseas adoption where age limits can be more generous and single adopters are not ruled out
A hard-up Oxford student helps abandoned youngsters
Penny Young was left in a shopping bag as a new-born baby. Now 34, she longs to meet the mother who dumped her.
Safeguarding and Promoting the Well-being of Children, Families and Communities edited by Jane Scott and Harriet Ward
Have you had a successful reunion this year?
The Fostering Network and the British Association for Adoption & Fostering (BAAF) are calling on the Welsh Assembly Government to invest an extra £37.8 million in foster care services
National Awards seeks exciting use of technology
Eloise at Christmastime by Kay Thompson
Being a foster carer is a 24-7 job, make no mistake about it.
Press release from The Fostering Network
Barnardo's carers who have helped look after hundreds of disabled children over the past 20 years are to be given a special "thank you"
Foster mum Brenda Harding has been chosen as the winner of the Bristol Evening Post Gold Star award, for her commitment to more than 600 children over the past 40 years
Children from broken families who are being looked after by the council have been promised a better deal in school
A woman who was adopted at birth discovers she has a brother and is hoping to find him
Nativity Play by Mick Inkpen and Nick Butterworth
Working with children has always been a passion for one woman. But actually caring for them in her own home proved to be a very different but more rewarding challenge
Foster carers in Neath and Port Talbot could soon be looking after children after they turn 18
Trying to find birth mother
Two of Britain's best loved charities have announced a move that is unique in its potential to help millions of children now and into the future
Film made by young people who have been through the care system will receive its premiere tonight
Depriving young children of cuddles and attention subtly changes how their brains develop and in later life can leave them anxious and poor at forming relationships
Week 37 - "We've been to court to legally adopt the children"
Searching for Diane Markham
The Bishop of Chester, Rt Revd Dr Peter Forster, and Professor David Cracknell were amongst the guests celebrating the 50th anniversary of Adoption Matters last week
Searching for half-sister - Elizabeth Jean Gerlach
Here are the results from last week's opinion poll question
Foster care in the Grimsby area will not be affected by a national funding problem
"Presumption of contact" will leave children at risk says NSPCC
Volunteers at Hull Carers' Centre are filling shoeboxes for the Operation Christmas Child appeal
£65.5 million needed for quality foster care in Scotland
A growing number of young children being taken from parents with drug and alcohol problems is fuelling a foster carer crisis
A shortage of adoptive and foster families in the Dorset area has been highlighted
A support group that offers youngsters from families who foster the chance to let off steam is coming to the end of a successful first year
Loving homes are being sought for children who are in need of a place to live
A campaign to recruit more foster carers is getting a boost with adverts on buses
Fostered girls now part of the family
Looking for Emma-Jayne Dove
Stability in a baby's first year is crucial, campaigners argue
Payments to foster carers in Salford need to be increased according to the findings of a new report
Foster carers in Newcastle will receive special congratulations at a civic ceremony to mark the end of their foster training
Loving homes are wanted for 18 children in Neath and Port Talbot who need new families to look after them
Relax Kids - Fairytale Meditations For Princesses
One woman who knows exactly how it feels to Help a London Child is Norma Gregory, who has devoted her life to looking after children
More families in the Coventry area need to adopt, say family placement experts
Cold Feet star enters into the Christmas spirit by helping to launch a Barnardo's annual appeal
People across Staffordshire are being urged to think about fostering or adopting children in need of loving homes
Black and mixed race people in Bristol are being urged to adopt unwanted children to help tackle a national shortage of suitable homes
Confessions of a Bad Mother by Stephanie Calman
Barnardo's uses fun animated characters to teach children about adoption and fostering
Three mixed-heritage children compete for every potential adoptive home
Lack of families willing to adopt is leaving thousands of children missing out on a secure, loving family life
More people in a Scottish town are needed to adopt children, and are being asked to shed preconceived ideas about what the process involves
One couple's adoption story.
With 13 children in the county looking for a family to call their own, Charlotte Spratt of the Gloucester Citizen, finds out what it takes to be "that special person"...
A series of events to promote adoption in the city of Hull got under way this week
Adoption bosses have called on people to take the first step towards adopting a child
Caring Sunderland couple have been mum and dad to 55 children over the last two decades
Becoming a foster carer is a rewarding challenge open to people from all walks of life
One of the Family - A Handbook for Kinship Carers by Hedi Argent
Searching for Phyllis Young
Journalist trying to find a female who was abandoned as a baby
An appeal has been launched to find adoptive families for 18 children currently in care in Slough
Liverpool City Council has launched a search for adoptive families for 70 children currently in care in the city
A "huge shortfall" of foster carers in England means 13% of children in public care will move between three or more homes in a year, a charity warns
While many parents consider the teenage years the worst period in child-rearing, Carol and Alan Holt adore older children - so much so, they have fostered 10 young people in the last three years
A series of events to promote adoption in the city of Hull have started
Families are always needed by Derby City Council to help look after the 390 children currently in its care
To mark National Adoption Week Wiltshire county council is launching an appeal for adopters
The adoption services need more involvement from the BME communities
People living on the Isle of Man are being encouraged to consider adopting a child
Charity-run adoption service in east London has marked the launch of National Adoption Week by calling on people across the capital to give a child a home
BAAF launches billboard campaign to highlight lack of stability for thousands of children in public care
Motherhood Silenced: The experiences of Natural Mothers on Adoption Reunion by Ruth J A Kelly
Here are the results from last week's opinion poll question - Do you think the use of real video footage is appropriate as part of the early stages of the matching process?
Nottingham City Council is calling on people to take the first step towards adopting a child
Jersey senator claims money should be put into looking after children in care
In an emotionally charged two-part documentary, we step into the world of adoption, as seen by the youngsters who are seeking new families
National charity Parentline Plus launches campaign to urge parents to "Just Ask" - in a bid to remove the stigma of seeking out parenting support
UK children's charity asks the public to do a pre-Christmas "blitz" of their wardrobe and donate any unwanted party wear or "glitz" to its UK network of shops
National Adoption Week, which runs from November 7 to 13, is being used by a local council to highlight the need for people to become adoptive parents
Vulnerable children in north-east to benefit from donation
Folly Farm has helped a Barnardo's Cymru fostering and adoption project celebrate its silver anniversary
Felicity Collier set to retire in June next year, after leading the charity for over a decade
Searching for birth mother
Lincolnshire Social Services are looking for people to become foster carers and ease a county-wide shortage
Birthmother looking for birthson
£35m funding shortfall leaves local authorities struggling to cover foster carers' costs
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