Where do you live?

You can contact the Advice Line for an Advice and Information service if you live in the following Welsh local authority areas:

• Gwynedd Council (Cyngor Gwynedd)
• Isle of Anglesey County Council (Cyngor Sir Ynys Môn)
• Conwy Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Conwy)
• Denbighshire County Council (Cyngor Sir Ddinbych)
• Flintshire County Council (Cyngor Sir y Fflint)
• Wrexham County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam)
• Monmouthshire County Council (Cyngor Sir Fynwy)
• Newport City Council (Cyngor Dinas Casnewydd)
• Torfaen County Borough (Bwrdeistref Sirol Torfaen)
• Caerphilly County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Caerffili)
• Blaenau-Gwent County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Blaenau Gwent)
• Cardiff Council (Cyngor Caerdydd)
• Vale of Glamorgan Council (Cyngor Bro Morgannwg)
• Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Rhondda Cynon Taf)
• Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Merthyr Tudful)
• Bridgend County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr)
• Neath Port Talbot Council (Cyngor Castell-nedd Port Talbot)
• Swansea Council (Cyngor Abertawe)
• Pembrokeshire County Council (Cyngor Sir Benfro)
• Carmarthenshire County Council (Cyngor Sir Gâr)
• Ceredigion County Council (Cyngor Sir Ceredigion)
• Powys County Council (Cyngor Sir Powys)

With agreement from your local authority we may be able to offer an assessment service too if you have adopted already, are adopting a child related to you, or if you are adopting in one of our special programme countries.

You can contact the Advice Line for an Advice, Information and Assessment service if you live in the following English local authority areas:

• Bath and North East Somerset Council
• Birmingham Children's Trust for Birmingham City Council
• Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
• Bolton Borough Council
• Bracknell Forest Council
• Brighton & Hove City Council
• Bristol City Council
• Buckinghamshire Council
• Bury Borough Council
• Cambridgeshire County Council
• Central Bedfordshire Council
• City of London
• Cornwall Council
• Coventry City Council
• Cumbria County Council
• Dudley Council
• Devon County Council
• East Sussex County Council
• Essex County Council
• Gateshead Council
• Gloucestershire County Council
• Guernsey
• Hampshire County Council
• Herefordshire Council
• Hertfordshire County Council
• Kent County Council
• Knowsley Council 
• Liverpool City Council
• London Borough of Barking & Dagenham
• London Borough of Barnet
• London Borough of Bexley
• London Borough of Brent
• London Borough of Bromley
• London Borough of Camden
• London Borough of Croydon
• London Borough of Ealing
• London Borough of Enfield
• London Borough of Greenwich
• London Borough of Hackney
• London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
• London Borough of Haringey
• London Borough of Harrow
• London Borough of Havering
• London Borough of Hillingdon
• London Borough of Hounslow
• London Borough of Islington
• London Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
• London Borough of Lambeth
• London Borough of Lewisham
• London Borough of Merton
• London Borough of Newham
• London Borough of Redbridge
• London Borough of Richmond
• London Borough of Southwark
• London Borough of Sutton
• London Borough of Tower Hamlets
• London Borough of Waltham Forest
• London Borough of Wandsworth
• Luton Borough Council
• Medway Council
• Milton Keynes Council
• Newcastle City Council
• Norfolk County Council
• Northamptonshire Children's Trust (North & West Northamptonshire Councils)
• North Somerset Council
• North Tyneside Council
• Northumberland County Council
• Oldham Council
• Oxfordshire County Council
• Portsmouth City Council
• Plymouth City Council
• Reading Borough Council
• Rochdale Borough Council
• Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames
• Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead
• Sandwell Council (Sandwell Children's Trust) 
• Sefton Council
• Shropshire County Council
• Slough Borough Council (Slough Children’s Services Trust)
• Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
• Somerset County Council
• Southampton City Council
• South Gloucestershire Council
• South Tyneside Council
• Staffordshire County Council
• Stoke-on-Trent City Council
• Suffolk County Council
• Sunderland City Council (Together for Children)
• Surrey County Council
• Swindon Borough Council
• Peterborough City Council
• Tameside Borough Council
• Telford & Wrekin Council
• Thurrock Council
• Torbay Council
• Walsall Council
• Warrington Borough Council
• Warwickshire County Council
• West Berkshire Council
• West Sussex County Council
• Westminster City Council
• Wigan Borough Council
• Wiltshire Council
• Wirral Council
• Wokingham Borough Council
• Wolverhampton City Council
• Worcestershire County Council

If your home local authority is not a partner with IAC we will try to help you by signposting you to the right service.