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October, 2002 stories

Adoption is forever Sam
Story of a mother who wouldn't give up on her adopted son

Your questions answered
Can I contact my son?

Couple sue over adopted boy
Couple sue their local authority adoption agency for damages

Giving a child a happy home
For many couples who suffer the heartbreak of discovering they cannot have a child of their own, adoption is the perfect solution

Today on the bulletin board
Can you help find Shirley Ann Ellis?

Giving a child a happy home
For many couples who suffer the heartbreak of discovering they cannot have a child of their own, adoption is the perfect solution

The big day arrives
In week three of the diary of adopters Tim and Melanie, the couple are faced with yet another difficult decision.

Duchess of York reveals baby desire
Sarah Ferguson has spoken of hope to have another baby, maybe by adoption.

Charities call for help for homeless children
The StreetSmart campaign is about to be launched for this year in the North East, as more and more children run away from home.

Ruling doesn't stop single gay adoption
Gloucestershire County adoption cheats have called the gay and unmarried ruling 'archaic'.

Couple win right to give home to grandchildren
The couple from Grimsby have won their fight to take them in, after they were taken off their drug dealing father and into care.

Project to help young children
The project to give children a better start in life has been launched at a nursery in Derbyshire.

No reasons why gay couples can't adopt
Readers letter in support of same-sex adoption

Birthday fun for first time
A Ukrainian orphan, and her carers, have much to celebrate

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to Steven Johnston

Drive to recruit social workers
A campaign is under way to recruit new social workers

Great for people with lots of love to give
Single parent Karen had already brought up two children of her own when she discovered the joy of adopting

Adoption team on the move
Support After Adoption team is on the move

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to find Slyvia Rodderick

Speaking up to protect children
A campaign has been launched encouraging the public to come forward if they believe a child is in danger of abuse
Emptiness that needs to be filled
At 47 they are parents all over again

BBC television appeal
BBC Children's Education is making two short documentary - can you help?

On the bulletin board today
Appeal to find Allan Keith Freeman

Reuniting birth fathers
Are you a birth father looking for adopted children?

Meet Jamie
Details of the latest child searching for a forever family

Revelations as journalists tell their own adoption stories
Two regional newspaper journalists revealed a hidden aspect of their lives

New bulletin board appeal
Search for Amanda May Hutchinson and Kevin Stephen Hutchinson (Boyle)

Your questions answered
Is 30 too old to adopt?
What the people say...
Group of working mothers express their views on same-sex adoption

Testing the Limits of Foster Care
New book looks at fostering as an alternative to secure accommodation

Angelina to live in Cambodia
Jolie to move with adopted son

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to trace Duncan Greenwood
Meet Daniel
Details of the latest child searching for a forever family

Call for foster carers as couple reach milestone
A prematurely born tot is the 100th baby for Sue and husband Dennis

The risk of meeting
Not all reunions will be happy ever after

In her own words
Interview with Lori Paris, author of recent adoption novel

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to find Gordon Westwood
Ministers to shrug off adoption vote
The Government will try to overturn a House of Lords vote to ban on unmarried and gay couples adopting children

Brothers and sisters are looking for families
People are urged to come forward to adopt groups of brothers and sisters who need new homes

Government welcomes joint inspectorates' report
The Department of Health and other Government Departments have welcomed the publication of the Joint Chief Inspectors' report

Today on the bulletin board
I'm trying to trace Gillianne Gilbert

Council continue recruitment drive
The City Council's adoption agency steps up efforts to find more adoptive families
National radio praise site
Adoption-net is voted website of the day on BBC Radio 2

Lords 'to block' gay adoptions
A Government bid to allow gay couples to adopt children faces defeat in the House of Lords tonight

Joint inspectorates publish safeguarding children report
First ever joint report by eight independent inspectorates

Today on the bulletin board
We are experiencing adoption breakdown - can you help?

Council supports national adoption week
Council is urging more people to think about offering a permanent home to a youngster

Charity bid for more foster care
A children's charity has called for Scotland's most troubled young people to be placed in foster care rather than secure units
Diary of an adopter
The waiting room

Mother's Day
True story of a Mother's Day to remember

Would you consider adopting?
Social services have called for more people to consider adopting a child

Do something amazing, transform a life
Don't rule your self out if your thinking of adoption

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to find Patricia Andrews
National Adoption Week starts today
National campaign aims to find a new family for 5,000 children

Adoption week recruitment bid
Adoption services in Notts are launching a series of events for National Adoption Week

Social services improve
County Council has been praised by the Social Services Inspectorate as an authority "on the move"

Care scheme enriches lives
Single woman talks about the joys of caring for children

Book review
Reader reviews book tackling the issue of contact with birth parents
Golden marriage began with soccer
Foster parents have been married for 50 years, thanks to a shared love of sport

Council receive national recognition
Cheshire County Council has received national recognition for its easy access foster care drive

Cornish charity opens its first home for orphans
A charity co-founded by a Newbridge couple has opened its first family home for Romanian Orphans

Childcare relatives sue for council payout rise
Highland Council may soon be facing a series of costly court actions because of their child maintenance allowance payments policy
The amazing couple
Story of couple that have fostered more than 100 children

Results of adoption review published
A fundamental review of the adoption process has identified key challenges

Today on the bulletin board
Appeal to find Ernest Edward and Ellen Gladys Morgan

Help is at hand
Women's Centre expands service to help children who are adopted
Our long journey to becoming a proper family
Couple tell their adoption story

Extra funding for social work degree
Government announce £400,000 for the development, design and delivery of the new social work degree

Parents told not to shout
Parents should not shout at their children according to a government-sponsored advice booklet

Increase of city children in care
Efforts to reduce the number of city children in care have suffered a setback
Families reunited
Second heart-rending story of how an adoptee found her birth family

Praise for UN smack ban call
Education and child welfare officials have welcomed new calls from the United Nations to ban parents smacking children

Diary update
Ann's diary update - one year on

Two new appeals...
Do you know Susan Edith O'Connell or Rosemary Pratt
Families reunited
Heart-rending story of how an adoptee found her birth family

Do something amazing - Transform a life
The countdown has begun for this year's adoption campaign

New on the bulletin board
Reader responds to disability living allowance question
I was an abandoned baby
Story of girl who was found abandoned on a train in 1943

UN set to slam child laws in UK
United Nations report is expected to be highly critical of the Government's record on protecting children

Funding boost for social work students
Social worker students to benefit from a new bursary scheme worth at least an average of £3,000 per year

New bulletin board appeal
I'm trying to trace Carole Anne Strange

I was an abandoned baby
Robert was abandoned in an Odeon cinema - this is his story

Care for a young person
A charity running a supported accommodation scheme for young people issued a plea for more carers

Help with a care legacy
Children's charity encourage people to leave something to a good cause when they die

Have a ball and help funds soar for orphans
Airline staff are inviting you to enjoy the high life at a Hollywood Party in aid of Kenyan orphans

Keep fostering legal
Foster carers considering private care arrangements must keep on the right side of the law

Kilshaws in the spotlight
Kilshaws accuse media of vendetta

Star to adopt again
Liza Minnelli has revealed that she plans to adopt more children

New book launched
BAAf launch new book about shaping childcare practice

Rides for charity
A children's charity is hosting 50 kilometre and 30 kilometre fund-raising bicycle rides

The big wait?
Week one of our new 'Diary Of An Adopter' series

New adoption standards and regulations
Health Minister has issued new national adoption standards and regulations

Fitness fund-bid
Health and fitness guru has helped to kick off a massive fund-raiser for Children In Need and county charities

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