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April, 2002 stories

Jerry Hall tells parents "never smack your children"
Texan supermodel to kick-start campaign

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to find sister

New social services statistics
The Department of Health has published the results of the annual census

BAAF'S beginners guide book
New addition looks at Adoption Standards for England as well as recent legislative and other changes

Don't rule yourself out
Adoption agencies in the South-west have united to urge parents to consider offering a home to the area's 119 children in care

'You could too!' - says Essex Social Services
A new recruitment campaign has been launched in Chelmsford to find foster carers.

Are you having trouble getting your Government benefits?
Another of your questions is answered by one our experts.

Fostering children - it comes highly recommended!
A couple from Hampshire have giving a glowing account of their fostering experiences.

Need advice along the way?
Another of your questions is answered by one our experts.

£1m boost for on-line community
The Government has announced £1m of support for the children in care development.

Catt and Perry help launch campaign
Two Bath and England rugby union stars have helped launch a new adoption recruitment campaign.

The nature of conception?
Read the story of Jan as she writes in her own words about her life-long battle to have children.

Toddlers seen as too old for adoption
Dozens of children as young as three are being ignored by potential adopters as they prefer to take on babies.

Couple adopt grand-daughters after cult fears
The couple brought the youngsters to the UK believing they faced abduction by the trio's parents.

Boost for children in care in Essex
Essex Social Services have increased the number of children they find families for by 65 per cent.

Councils shine brightly after status is granted
Three council's have been rewarded for their excellence in providing adoption services with the Government's Beacon status.

Free vote for MPs over gay adoption rights
MPs have been granted the right to vote on two major changes to the Adoption and Children Bill.

Adoption-net puts couple on right track to inter-country adoption
We have answered another one of your queries on one of the different ways a couple can adopt a child.

Allowance bonus for Welsh foster carers
Foster carers in Neath and Port Talbot will benefit from the new weekly rises.

Name change for adoption and fostering organisation
Same acronym but different meaning for BAAF as it aims encompass its range of activities better.

Child tax credit extended to more families
The Chancellor has given a credit boost to families in his latest Budget.

Baby Bailey set to go home
Adoption-net's web editor Matt Bailey is preparing to welcome home his wife Sarah and their new baby Joseph.

Notts aims to recruit more black and Asian carers
The county's fostering service is launching the campaign so children from ethnic minority backgrounds who are taken into care keep in touch with their own culture and religion.

Charity video gives real insight into fostering and adopting children
Barnardo's have released a video featuring real life adopters and fosterers to get all the up and downs of taking in another child across.

Former vice-girls sought for carer role
Bradford Social Services and Barnardo's are seeking carers to take young girls away from a life of abuse and prostitution.

Who am I? - Ted searches for answers
A former resident of Swindon, now living in Vancover who was fostered from the age of three, is now trying to trace the blood relatives of his mother and father.

Baby Bailey keeps them waiting!
Adoption-net's web editor Matt Bailey and his wife Sarah are celebrating after the birth of their second boy.

Baby Mark to get a permanent home
The new born baby found abandoned outside a Gloucester theatre last February is to be adopted, the city's social services have announced.

New report from charity criticises 'Euro-centric' services
The UK's biggest chidren's charity Barnados, believes a lot of services provided for disadvantaged kids are proving ineffective due to their stance.

NSPCC Launches There4me.com
There4me.com, a completely new and innovative service, the first of its kind in the UK, has now gone live

Scandal of kids in poverty
Three out of 10 Scots kids are living below the poverty line, according to official figures out yesterday

Tell us if you are fostering
Gloucestershire Social Services are urging people to contact them if they are privately fostering a child under the age of 16

Launch of new video
A new video has been launched in Birmingham to help find more foster carers

100,000 homeless children living England
A report released today, by the charity Shelter, claims that more than 100,000 children are homeless in England

Bulletin board appeal
New appeal to trace family members

Can Godmother to adopt me?
Your questions answered

Recruitment drive for more paid carers
Fifty foster carers from across the county will this week launch this year's foster carer recruitment campaign at County Hall in Chelmsford.

CD ROM to help Cheshire's looked after children
A new interactive CD-Rom produced by Social Services experts could be a powerful tool to boost foster care recruitment

Help find my brother
A woman living in Neston has turned to her local paper in the search for her long lost elder brother

Charity remembers its 'Grandmother'
To generations of orphaned youngsters who grew up at a Hull children's home, the Queen Mother's death was particularly poignant

Foster charities merge
Two fostering charities merge

Top class kids in charity boost
Pupils at two primary schools in North Lincolnshire use their time and talent to raise money for a charity appeal

New centre for foster carers
Birmingham council social services are to open a dedicated centre for foster parents to help control overspend

Today on the bulletin board
Two new tracing appeals - can you help?

The Richard and Judy show
Could you help encourage people to adopt by appearing on national TV?

Invisible Thread
Invisible Thread charts one young girl's experience of unwanted adoption during the 1960s in Australia

Ad campaign doubles calls
Following the launch of the second phase of the NSPCC's Full Stop Campaign, calls have increased by 100 per cent

Foster parents in high demand
Appeals have been made for new foster parents to come forward in Belfast

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to find Barrie Murphy

The Richard and Judy show
Could you help encourage people to adopt by appearing on national TV?

In search of my father's secret war children
The daughter of an American GI thought she knew everything about her father...

Billy Bob rejects reports
Angelina Jolie's husband, Billy Bob Thornton, has rejected reports ban reports

Top band launch new adoption drive
A chart-topping pop band is to visit the city in support of a new foster care and adoption drive

Adoptee meets her long-lost relatives
A woman has stood in the same room as her long-lost family for the first time in her life

New fostering scheme launched
Essex County Council plans to increase the amount of foster parents by launching a new scheme to allow carers to give up work

Foster teams to host event
Beaumont Leys library is hosting an event for fostered children and young people

Family back together after 70 years apart
King George V was on the throne the last time Nellie and Peggy Fraser were able to hug their two brothers.

Vandals fire sick boy's playhouse
Heartless vandals have burned down the playhouse of a terminally ill nine-year-old Swansea boy

Wendy house hits road
A giant Wendy house will be used to draw attention to the urgent need for more adoptive and foster carers

Today on the bulletin board...
Appeal to find AMANDA JANE MCLOUGHLIN

'Listen and learn'
Is 'Listen and Learn' the secret to successful services for black children?

Foster parent given sex suspect's address Swansea police tipped off foster parent on how to find an alleged child molester

Parents will face further hardship
Parents will face further hardship if fines for unruly children imposed

Pupils' artwork helps brighten fostering centre
Visitors to Leicester's fostering and adoption centre are sure of a colourful welcome

Do I have to continue sending photographs?
More of your questions answered

New bulletin board appeal
Search to find Michael John Reynolds

Search for foster parents
A campaign to introduce more people to adoption and fostering has been launched in Kirklees

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