Adoption & Fostering Week listings 2014

These are our 2014 listings. Details may have changed. Please make your own checks, but usually a website should get you to the most current information.

National

British Association for Adoption & Fostering (BAAF)

Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby St, London EC1N 8TS
Tel: , email: www.baaf.org.uk

The Fostering Network

87 Blackfriars Rd, London SE1 8HA
Tel: (Fosterline), email: www.couldyoufoster.org.uk

Bedfordshire

Bedford Borough Council, Adoption & Fostering Service

Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford MK42 9AP
Tel. , email: www.bedford.gov.uk

Berkshire

Slough Borough Council Family Placement Service

Ground Floor East, St Martin’s Place, 51 Bath Rd, Slough SL1 3UF
Tel: , email: www.slough.gov.uk

Wokingham Borough Council

Brambles Area Office, Budges Gardens, Wokingham, Berkshire RG40 1PX
Tel: , email: www.besomeoneamazing.co.uk

Bristol

Bristol City Council Adoption and Fostering

CYPS, B- Bond, Smeaton Road, Bristol BS1 6XN
Tel: , email: www.bristol.gov.uk/adoption or fostering

TACT Fostering – Bristol & South West

Tel: www.tactcare.org.uk

Buckinghamshire

Adoptionplus Ltd

Moulsoe Business Centre, Moulsoe, Newport Pagnell, Bucks MK16 0FJ
Tel: , email: www.adoptionplus.co.uk
Buckinghamshire County Council

Adoption Team

King George V Rd, Amersham HP6 5BN
Tel: , email: www.buckscc.gov.uk/adoption

Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire County Council

Fostering and Adoption: Scott House, 5 George St, Huntingdon PE29 3AD
Tel: , www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/fostering www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/adoption

Devon

Torbay Adoption Team/Torbay Foster Care Team

4th Floor North, Tor Hill House, c/o Town Hall, Castle Circus, Torquay TQ1 3DR
Tel: (adoption) or (fostering), email: or www.torbay.gov.uk/adoption

Dorset

Bournemouth Borough Council Adoption Services

North Bournemouth Local Office, 27 Slades Farm Road, Bournemouth BH10 4ES
Tel: , email: www.bournemouth.gov.uk/adoption

Dorset Adoption and Kinship Team

Woodside, Monkton Park, Winterborne Monkton, Dorchester DT2 9PS
Tel: , email: www.dorsetforyou.com/adoption

Gloucestershire

South Gloucestershire Council

Tel: www.southglos.gov.uk

Greater Manchester

Bolton Adoption Team

Castle Hill Centre, Castleton St, Bolton BL2 2JW
Tel: , email: www.bolton.gov.uk

Trafford Council Fostering Service:

Trafford Council have seen how children and young people thrive with their Trafford LGBT foster carers and adopters. We need people with stability, love and resourcefulness who can help a child or young person with whatever needs they may have.

Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road, Stretford, Manchester M32 0TH
Tel: , email: www.trafford.gov.uk/fostering

Hampshire

Portsmouth Adoption Team

Hester Rd, Eastney, Portsmouth PO4 8HB
Tel: , email: www.southcoastadoption.co.uk/ports

Herefordshire

Herefordshire Council Adoption Agency

Moor House, Widemarsh Common, Hereford HR4 9NA
Tel: , www.herefordshire.gov.uk/adoption

Kent

Kent County Council Fostering & Adoption Initial Enquiries Team

30 Gibson Drive, Kings Hill, Kent ME19 4QG
Tel: , email: or
www.kentfostering.co.uk or www.kentadoption.co.uk

Lancashire

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

10 Duke Street, Blackburn, BB2 1DH
Tel: , email: www.blackburn.gov.uk/adoption

Bury Family Placement (Fostering & Adoption Teams)

Higher Lane Centre, Higher Lane, Whitefield, Manchester M45 7FX
Tel: , email: www.bury.gov.uk/fostering or www.bury.gov.uk/adoption

Oldham Adoption and Fostering Services

Unit 10, Whitney Court, Southlink Business Park, Oldham OL4 1DB
Tel: (adoption), (fostering), email: or www.oldham.gov.uk/adoption or
www.oldham.gov.uk/fostering

Rochdale Adoption Team

Crossfield Mill, Crawford St, Rochdale OL16 5RS
Tel: 000, email:

Salford City Council

Tel: , email:

Leicestershire

Adoption Agency for Leicestershire & Rutland

Room 600, Rutland Building, County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester LE3 8SA
Tel: , email: www.leicestershire.gov.uk/adoption

Leicester Fostering and Adoption Centre

11 Friar Lane, Leicester LE1 5RB. Tel: , email: or www.leicester.gov.uk/fostering

Lincolnshire

North Lincolnshire Council Fostering Services Team

Church Square House, 30-40 High St, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire DN15 6NL
Tel:

London

Families Together London

Tel: 760, email: www.familiestogetherlondon.com

Barnet Adoption Team

Children’s Services, Building 4 Ground Floor, North London Business Park, Oakleigh Rd South, Barnet N11 1NP
Tel: , email:

Camden Adoption and Fostering Services

Tel: 0 436, email: or www.camden.gov.uk/adoption or www.camden.gov.uk/fostering

Croydon Council Fostering & Adoption

7th Jeanette Wallace House, 1 Edridge Rd, Croydon CR9 1AF
Tel: Ext 64025

Royal Borough of Greenwich Adoption Team

1st Floor, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London SE18 6HQ
Tel: 2752, email: royalgreenwich.gov.uk/adoption

Haringey Council Adoption Team

4th Floor, 40 Cumberland Rd, Wood Green N22 7SG
Tel: 4610, email: www.haringey.gov.uk/adoption

London Borough of Hillingdon Fostering

Fostering 4S/06, Civic Centre, High St, Uxbridge UB8 1UW
Tel: , email: www.hillingdon.gov.uk/fostering

London Borough of Hounslow

Adoption Duty, Pavilion AG, Civic Centre, Lampton Rd, Hounslow TW3 4DN
Tel: 3437, email:

Islington Adoption Service

Islington Council, 3 Elwood St, London N5 1EB
Tel: , email:

Lambeth Council

Tel: 8503, www.lambeth.gov.uk/adoption

London Borough of Merton Council

Whether you are looking to be a parent, enrich your life and shape a child’s future, or want to provide a home to a child, because you know someone whose been through the care system and have resources to spare. We are experienced and waiting for your call.

Contact Merton Adoption on 4688 www.merton.gov.uk/adoption

London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames Adoption and Permanency Team

42 York St, Twickenham TW1 3BW
Tel: , email: www.richmond.gov.uk/adoption

Southwark Adoption and Fostering

Tel: 4497  and ask for Jane, or email: or www.southwark.gov.uk/adoption

London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Children’s Resources, 5th Floor Anchorage House, 2 Clove Crescent, London E14 2BE
Tel: , email: or www.fosteringandadoption.co.uk

Wandsworth Council Adoption & Fostering Agency

We hold monthly fostering and adoption information sessions in Wandsworth where you can meet our foster carers and adopters. We’d love to meet you, so please email for dates and venue details and to book your place. You can also visit our website, our Facebook page (wandsworthfostering), or follow us on Twitter @wandbc to keep ahead of activities and events in our borough.

Wandsworth Council, Welbeck House, 43-51 Wandsworth High St, London SW18 2PS
Tel: 6666, email: www.wandsworth.gov.uk/adoption or www.wandsworth.gov.uk/fostering

Royal Borough of Kingston Fostering and Adoption Team

Learning and Children’s Services, Guildhall 2, Kingston upon Thames KT1 1EU
Tel: 6042, email: or www.kingston.gov.uk/adoptionandfostering

Merseyside

Knowsley MBC Adoption & Fostering

2nd Floor Yorkon Building, Archway Rd, Huyton L36 9YU
Tel: , email: www.knowsley.gov.uk/families/caring-for-children/adoption.aspx www.knowsley.gov.uk/families/caring-for-children/fostering.aspx

Norfolk

Norfolk Adoption Service

Lakeside, Broadland Business Park, Thorpe, Norwich NR7 0WG
Tel: , email:

Nottinghamshire

Adopt Together

Adopt Together needs all kinds of families for all kinds of children. Drop in to their open evening on Thursday 6th February at 7 Colwick Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 5FR, any time between 5.30 and 7.30pm. There’s a short presentation at 6.30pm.
www.faithinfamilies.org

Scotland

Aberdeen City Council Adoption and Fostering

Social Care and Wellbeing, 77-79 King St, Aberdeen AB24 5AB
Tel: , email: www.aberdeencity.gov.uk

Dumfries and Galloway Council Fostering, Adoption and Kinship Team

Dumfries and Galloway Council, Social Work Services, 122-124 Irish St, Dumfries DG1 2PB
Tel: , email: www.dumgal.gov.uk

East Lothian Council Family Placement Team

Randall House, Macmerry Business Park, Macmerry EH33 1RW
Tel: , email: children& www.eastlothian.gov.uk/fostering

East Renfrewshire Council Adoption and Fostering Team

Lygates House, 227 Ayr Road, Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire G77 6FR
Tel: , email: www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk

The City of Edinburgh Council Family Based Care Recruitment Team

Interested in fostering or adoption with the City of Edinburgh Council? Meet LGBT carers and adopters at our drop-in evening on Thursday, 6 March 6-8pm at the LGBT Health and Wellbeing Centre, 9 Howe Street, Edinburgh EH3 6TE.

Westfield House, 5 Kirk Loan, Edinburgh EH12 7HD
Tel: , email: www.edinburgh.gov.uk/fostering

Midlothian Council Family Placement Team

Lawfield Primary School, 26 Lawfield Rd, Mayfield EH22 5BB
Tel: , email: www.midlothian.gov.uk/fostering

The Moray Council Fostering and Adoption Team

6 Moss St, Elgin, Moray IV30 1LU
Tel: www.moray.gov.uk

Scottish Adoption

161 Constitution St, Edinburgh EH6 7AD
Tel: , email: www.scottishadoption.org

Shetland Islands Council

email: fosteringand

West Lothian Council Family Placement Team

Strathbrock Partnership Centre, 189a West Main St, Broxburn, West Lothian EH52 5LH
Tel: , email: www.westlothian.gov.uk/lovefostering

Shropshire

Shropshire Council and Borough of Telford & Wrekin Joint Adoption Service

Mount McKinley Building, Shrewsbury Business Park, Shrewsbury SY2 6FG
Tel: , email: www.shropshire.gov.uk

Somerset

Adoption in Somerset / Fostering in Somerset

Somerset County Council, County Hall, Taunton TA1 4DY
Tel: , email: www.adoptioninsomerset.org.uk or www.fosteringinsomerset.org.uk

North Somerset Council Adoption Team

North Somerset Council, Town Hall, Weston- super-Mare, BS23 1UJ
Tel: , email: www.n-somerset.gov.uk

Sussex

Fostering & Adoption Service

Call into Jubilee Library, Brighton and meet us for an informal chat on Tuesday, 11 February between 5.00pm and 7.00pm or come to our LGBT Fostering & Adoption Information Session on Friday, 14 February 9.30-12.30pm in Moulsecoomb where you can find out more about adoption and fostering, speak to members of our team, meet adopters and hear about children needing adoption.

Brighton & Hove City Council: Moulsecomb Hub South, Hodshrove Lane, Brighton BN2 4SE
Tel: www.fosteringinbrightonandhove.org.uk

West Sussex County Council Adoption team

County Hall North, 4th Floor, Chartway, Horsham, RH12 1XA
Tel: 0777, email: www.westsussex.gov.uk

Wales

Caerphilly Council Adoption & Permanence Team

Floor 2, Ty Penallta, Tredomen Park, Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed CF82 7PG
Tel: , email: www.caerphilly.gov.uk

Newport Adoption team

Adoption Team room 221, Civic Centre, Newport NP20 4UR
Tel: , email:

The North Wales Adoption Service

Crown Buildings, 31 Chester St, Wrexham, LL13 8BG
Tel: (freephone) or , email: www.northwalesadoption.gov.uk

Vale of Glamorgan Council Placements and Permanency Team

Haydock House, 1 Holton Rd, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan CF63 4HA
Tel: , email: or www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk

Wiltshire

Swindon Borough Council Family Placement Team

Lyndhurst Centre, Lyndhurst Crescent, Swindon SN3 2RW
Tel: , email: www.fosteringswindon.org.uk or www.adoptionswindon.org.uk

Worcestershire

Worcestershire County Council

Worcestershire County Council’s Adoption & Fostering Services celebrate LGBT A&F Week for the third year by hosting a drop-in event at The Hive in Worcester on Saturday, 8 March, 10am-12pm. Open to all looking to grow their family.

County Hall, Spetchley Road, Worcester WR5 2NP
Tel: www.isfostering4me.co.uk or www.isadoption4me.co.uk

Yorkshire

Calderdale Council: Children and Young People’s Services, Adoption Team

People from all walks of life can foster or adopt. That’s why we make sure that you receive friendly support and advice to provide safe, supporting and loving homes for children and young people in Calderdale. Contact us today to find out how you can make a real difference.
Carlton Mill, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2AS
Tel: , email: www.calderdale.gov.uk/adoption

East Riding of Yorkshire Council Adoption Service

Room BF64, County Hall, Cross St, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire HU17 9BA
Tel: , email: www.eastriding.gov.uk

Hull City Council Adoption Team

Adoption Service, Kenworthy House, 98-104 George St, Hull HU1 3DT
Tel: www.hullcc.gov.uk

Kirklees Adoption Team

Westfields, Westfields Rd, Mirfield WF14 9PW
Tel: , email: www.kirklees.gov.uk/community/health-care/foster-adopt

Leeds City Council Children Social Work Service

Floor 8 (West), Merrion House, 110 Merrion Centre, Leeds LS2 8DT
www.foster4leeds.co.uk or www.adopt4leeds.co.uk

Middlesbrough Adoption Service

Middlesbrough Teaching & Learning Centre, Cargo Fleet Lane, Middlesbrough TS3 8PE
Tel: , email: www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/adoption

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council

West Locality Base, Daisy Lane, Overfields. Ormesby TS7 9JF
Tel: , email: www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk

Sheffield City Council Adoption Service

Floor 5, Redvers House, Union Street, Sheffield S1 2JQ
Tel: (adoption) or (fostering), email: or www.sheffield.gov.uk/caresupport/childfam/fostering.html or www.sheffield.gov.uk/caresupport/childfam/adoption.html

Wakefield Council: Wakefield MDC Family Services

Calder Vale Road, Wakefield, WF1 5PH
Tel: , email: www.room-in-wakefield.co.uk