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August, 2003 stories

August 29, 2003

Home straight
Children who spend time in remand foster care are much less likely to reoffend new research reveals

Adopted triplets star in new book
Author Hunter Davies tells how triplets separated at birth were finally reunited after 69 years apart

Caring is child's play for super gran
Former foster mum is nominated for top Scottish newspaper award

August 28, 2003

Children at risk shock
Bath and North East Somerset Council social services may be failing to recognise the long-term abuse of children in care

Spirited regulars raise cash for kids
Pub goers kept up their spirits when they faced a lock-in at a haunted pub

SWAN sails in for a drop-in surgery
An innovative drop-in surgery for anyone affected by adoption is launched in Devon

August 27, 2003

Council leads in child policy
Experimental scheme to help children at risk could be adopted across the country

Posters help find homes
Kind-hearted businesses play their part in bid to recruit foster carers and adoptive parents

August 26, 2003

400 childcarers banned by Ofsted
"New benchmark" set for childcare quality in England

Improving children's skills
Summer workshops for 11 to 13-year-olds in council care

Fostering ads defended
Politician responds to claim children are promoted "like puppies for sale"

August 22, 2003

Foster carers to get more cash from council
Family and friends acting as carers to get between £25 and £40 extra a week

Children in care to have their say
"Fact Pact" details children's rights and invites feedback

Today on the bulletin board
New appeal for information on birth parents

Foster caring race guide published
Advice on looking after children from black and ethnic backgrounds

Care leader gears up for charity bike ride
Bid to raise £500 for NSPCC initiative

August 20, 2003

Audit boost for children's services
"Encouraging report" shows further improvements have been made

Fun day planned for foster kids and carers
More than 200 foster children all set for "special day"

Bonus in store for potential foster carers and adopters
Innovative approach to recruit new carers in Cheshire

August 19, 2003

Jolie wants to adopt more children
Star speaks about "enormous difference" her adopted son has had on her life

Diary of an adopter
Read week 21 of this popular diary

Today on the bulletin board
New appeal to trace son

August 18, 2003

Adoption-net nominated for Newspaper Society award
Another boost to the site after last year's winning entry

Calls for re-think on home closure
Manor Way children's home set to shut in September

All aboard for fostering plea
Veteran actor to help recruit foster carers in Staffordshire

August 15, 2003

"IVF is a misuse of cash"
Should NHS funds be spent on couples who desperately want to have children?

NSPCC may have to pay for move
Children's charity may have to pay costs of £4m to fund move helpline

Today on the bulletin board
New appeal to trace birth relatives

August 14, 2003

More children in care find a family
Children in Bristol now have an even better chance of finding a family for life through adoption

Temporary care
A charity is appealing for temporary homes in the county for adopted children

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to trace Pamela Jean Terry and Brian Cotgrave

August 13, 2003

Three at last
Triplets reunited after almost 69 years

Two new bulletin board appeals
Can you help trace Peter Sheppard or Dennis Etherington?

Bowled over
Charities benefit from Eric Clapton vs Alec Stewart cricket match

August 12, 2003

Couple who give a home to 17 children
Caring couple provide loving home for children so that parents can have a break

Reader hits back
'Never suggest women give up children willingly'

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to trace Jean Marion Constance

August 11, 2003

Respite care to be all under one roof
Three respite care centres for children are set to close and be replaced by a £1.6m facility

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to contact birth mum, Violet Ellen Barrett

Is it right to reunite?
Newspaper looks at if it is always right for adoptive children to reunite with their birth parents

August 08, 2003

Adoption: what it is and what it means
BAAF publish new guide for children and young people

Gay marriage renews discussion
Gay marriage debate in the US renews adoption discussion

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to contact birth family

August 07, 2003

Helping to stop this sick trade in children
A report on child trafficking has used the Nottingham Post's work to highlight the spread of the evil trade

Bulletin board appeal
Was adoption your first choice when deciding to have a family?

Banking on success
A scheme to help children in foster care manage their finance has been developed

August 06, 2003

New adoption service
A new service to open in Waltham Forest is to give help and advice to couples that have adopted

Child traffickers exploit law
Short summery of Unicef's report Stop the Traffic, which was published last week

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to trace Susan Janice Carr and Paul Geoffrey Thorpe

August 05, 2003

Diary of an adopter
Week 20 of this popular adoption diary

Prescott wife reunited with adopted son
John Prescott is said to be "delighted" his wife Pauline is back together with son

NSPCC's media chief cleared by inquiry
The NSPCC will reinstate its media relations chief who was suspended

August 04, 2003

Sisters reunited
Derby sisters who last saw each other 62 years ago have been reunited

Aberdeen heroin dealer faces losing daughter
A Young Aberdeen man who admitted being concerned in the supply of heroin is to lose his daughter

Keeping quiet to voice fears about children A self-confessed chatterbox is taking a vow of silence to raise money for a children's charity

August 01, 2003

Capital prize in family art contest for young
A charity supporting families which adopt children has appealed for more entries to a competition

Trapped by war
Liberia's adopted orphans wait for new lives in the US

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