1 in 8 adoptions in England in 2018 were to same-sex couples, statistics released November 15 show. The new figures from the Department for Education reveal that of the 3,820 adoptions in England this year, 450 – 1 in 8, or 12 per cent – were to same-sex couples. This is the highest proportion in England since records began.
Currently around 3,400 families foster for their local authority in the North West but there is a continued need for more people to come forward particularly those who can care for teenagers, sibling groups and children with additional needs.
Barnardo’s will be searching for loving homes for young brothers and sisters at this weekend’s Pride in London event. A team from the children’s charity will have a stall in Soho Square, where they will be appealing to people to consider adopting or offering a foster home to hard-to-place sibling groups, who typically wait the longest for placements.
