Led by New Family Social, LGBTQ+ Adoption & Fostering Week starts today, Monday, March 6. The awareness week asks potential applicants to think about the number of vulnerable children they could parent or care for.
Led by New Family Social, LGBTQ+ Adoption & Fostering Week starts today, Monday, March 6. The awareness week asks potential applicants to think about the number of vulnerable children they could parent or care for.
Brighton & Hove City Council Fostering Service has announced it is hosting an information service for LGBTQ+ people looking to make a difference to children and young people at the Ledward Centre on Tuesday, March 7 from 7pm.
Authored by Annabelle Avis, a foster carer from Five Rivers Child Care
Five Rivers Child Care calls on those from the LGBTQ+ community to consider fostering, as research highlights stark misconceptions about who can foster which could be impacting foster care recruitment
Cllr Elaine Hills, chair of Brighton & Hove City Council’s (BHCC) Corporate Parenting Board, is calling for more people in the city to become foster carers.
LGBTQ+ foster mum shares her inspiring story on Some Families podcast.
George and Martin Lusty met in 2005, which was also the year that it became possible for LGBT couples to adopt in England and Wales. They both knew very early on into the relationship that they would like to adopt and, after getting married in 2010 they decided to make their dream of becoming dads a reality.
A new adoption service, run in partnership by the two ‘Outstanding’ rated adoption agencies Caritas Care and Adoption Matters, will attend this year’s Manchester Pride on August 25 to 26. The service, at the forefront of new routes into adoption, combining adoption and fostering to give children the best start in life has approved over 75 families in the last 4 years and placed 81 children for adoption, 64% under the age of 6 weeks old.
Barnardo’s Brighton and Hove Link Plus provides high quality fostering and short breaks for disabled children and their families. They are desperately looking for more carers from all sectors of the community who can offer anything from occasional overnight stays through to full-time fostering for children aged 0-18.
To celebrate LGBT fostering and adoption week from March 6-12, we chat to Brighton residents, Chris and Kieran about their experiences as foster parents for over 20 years.
