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June, 2002 stories

Questions answered
Adoption-net team answer more of your personal questions

Please give a home to kids in need
A campaign has been launched in North Somerset to appeal for more foster carers to come forward

Today on the bulletin board
'Pat on the back' for Adoption-net

Donor law could be changing
Donor children could have same rights as adopted children

Adoption charity benefits from auction
Rare photographs sold at Christies auction

"I enjoy the things children teach me"
Keynsham family dedicate life to childcare and fostering

Floral tribute to fostering
A special garden is to be created in the Staffordshire Moorlands to mark national fostering fortnight

Asylum seeker leaves foster home
Police are appealing for information about a 15-year-old Shenstone boy who has been missing for more than a week

Move to provide effective adoption support
Health Minister Jacqui Smith has published a new consultation document on the provision of effective adoption support

Local newspaper helps trace lost relative
Women traces lost sister with the help of a local newspaper and the internet

The things they say...
Adoption-net reader shares funny story about her foster daughter

Royal wedding day picture goes under the hammer
Adoption charity hopes to benefit from a unique charity auction

Council'S drive to promote fostering
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has appealed to families in all 108,000 homes in the city to take on foster children

Charity warns of fosterparent shortage
A study published this week has revealed an urgent need for almost 8,000 more foster carers in the UK

Campaigns to find foster carers
A two-week campaign to recruit 80 foster carers across Derbyshire kicked off yesterday

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to find close friend from mother and baby home

Seaside treat planned for youngsters in care
Cabbies in Leicester are hoping to take scores of foster children on a day trip to the seaside

New foster parents plea
Social services is asking people in Gloucestershire to think about taking children into their lives during Foster Care Fortnight

Plea for foster carers
The Nottingham County Council foster recruitment team will be travelling the county over the next two weeks to find prospective children's carers

Paradise Heights
Neil Morrissey to have adopted sister in new BBC drama

Up, Up And Away For Foster Care Event
Children from Rutland nurseries will launch 100 balloons to mark the start of Foster Care Fortnight

Porn case man sacked from care home job A social worker who downloaded pornographic images of children from the internet has lost his job at a home for disabled youngsters

Foster Families Meet At Event
Foster children and their carers are meeting up this weekend for a barbecue

Cheshire County Council foster carer counts the rewards
"It simply means making a commitment to care for a young person whose life 'was almost destroyed' - and sticking to it"

Yasmine Loves The Challenge
Yasmine Nembhard has been a social worker for 20 years and loves the challenges of the job

BBC man's death was not suicide
Adoptee and television presenter Christopher Price died from an infection of the brain lining, an inquest ruled yesterday

The nine-times Wimbledon singles winner wants to adopt
Martina Navratilova says she wants to be a mum at 45

Push for more foster carers
A special drive to encourage more people across the UK to be foster carers will start next week

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to find birth mother

Foster homes going online
Computers are being installed into the homes of 32 Stirling foster carers

Can I adopt my wife's daughter who is nearly 18?
Adoption-net answers more of your personal questions

Guidance for complicated child abuse investigations published
Home Office and Department of Health guidance for agencies involved in the management of complex child abuse investigations was published last week

Care Evaluated
Carers UK has produced a report that estimates the monetary worth of care given by family carers

Residents protest over troubled kids
Angry residents have vowed to fight plans for a controversial Aberdeen school for troubled children to move onto their doorstep

Reaching out to the carers
Cornwall Social Services are preparing to celebrate the region's unsung heroes this week

School says 'no' to adopted daughter
Family tells of heartache as Sutton school says 'no' to adopted daughter

Fight for education
Foster carer writes about education for children in care

Planning for safe play
Looking after children is the focus this month with many organisations setting up events for the National Childcare Month

Poll results
Adoption-net poll provoked a huge response

New chief - for now
A new social services chief has been appointed to North East Lincolnshire Council

City Social Services go up and up
Nottingham Social Services Department has been confirmed as one of the most improved Social Services authorities in the country

100,000 'hits' for website
A local website which provides up-to-date information on adoption and fostering has celebrated its first birthday with 100,000 'hits'

Cherie Booth launches fundraising event
Barnardo's President Cherie Booth QC, has launched the charity's biggest annual fundraising event

An ex-foster parents face jail over horrific abuse
A couple formerly employed as foster parents are facing jail terms after being convicted of abusing and assaulting young people in their care

NCB appoints new Fundraising Manager
Stephen Hartford has been appointed to the new post of Trust Fundraising Manager

Can I adopt a baby from Turkey?
Adoption-net answers more of your questions

Mother and Baby magazine appeal
Mother and Baby magazine is looking for a couple that has adopted a child from abroad to talk about their experiences

Foster care fortnight
Foster Care Fortnight, the Fostering Network's annual event to attract new foster carers, will take place from Monday 24 June to Sunday 7 July 2002

Adoption-net team answer your questions We are English citizens living in Hong Kong. Can we adopt?

New on the bulletin board today
Joseph O'Keeffe tries to trace birth mother

Council takes action on failing services
North East Lincolnshire social services chiefs have pledged to enforce an action plan to turn around failing services

The Little Prem
An inspiring adoption story

Popular bishop dies of malaria
A celebrated bishop, and adoptive parent, has died

Someone to care
Jenny Dixon speaks on behalf of SHAPE (Sexual Health Awareness Promotion and Education) on a new Government Bill

Can I adopt a child from Africa
Adoption-net answers more of your questions

Sweden backs adoption rights for gay couples
A law has been passed in Sweden to allow homosexual couples the right to apply to adopt children

Outside help for struggling social services
The Government has announced private consultants are to be brought in to try and boost the troubled social services.

Adoption-net expert called into action again!
Two more questions are answered here on the legal wranglings of adoption for the site's readers.

BAAF respond to Blunkett's comments
Following his comments on the BBC's Newsnight show on child refugees coming to Britain, BAAF have issued a statement.

Social services 'giant' dies age 68
Brian Roycroft began his life in a children's home and went on to work for and with them over many years.

Emily and Paddy begin carer process
The couple from the soap opera Emmerdale are applying to become foster carers.

Jail for couple who snatched children in US
The Cornish couple have been sentenced after they tried to take their children back from social services at gunpoint.

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