Children should not be separated from their brothers and sisters when they all need an adoptive family but most people thinking about adoption only want one child. Family groups therefore wait much longer to be adopted. A new You Can Adopt campaign hears from families who have adopted brothers and sisters together.
These Children Are Waiting, Why Are You? is a new campaign by voluntary adoption agencies across the UK who have joined forces to highlight the fact that children who continue to wait the longest for an adoptive family are older, brothers and sisters, of black and minority ethnic heritage and those with additional needs.
With the UK back in lockdown and ongoing travel restrictions across the globe IAC is working hard to minimise disruption for our children and families. Our CEO, Satwinder Sandhu, talks here about what we are doing to support those applying to adopt and those waiting for a match.
IAC's Outbound Permanence Advice Service has launched a new booklet to help international kinship carers prepare themselves, and their children better, for moves that involve a child moving abroad from the UK to live with family members.