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Adoption Tees Valley supports You Can Adopt Campaign for National Adoption Week.

Monday 21 October 2024

 

There’s no such thing as a ‘normal’ family, says 65% of Brits – as National Adoption Week Highlights adoption journeys of all kinds.

A new survey by You Can Adopt reveals that nearly half of Brits (48 per cent) have a ‘chosen family’ and 42 per cent come from a ‘non-traditional’ family structure. The survey explored attitudes to family diversity, as National Adoption Week aims to highlight that ‘the journey to a family is not always a traditional one’.

This comes as new adoption data shows there has been a 22 per cent increase in the number of children with a plan for adoption not yet matched with an adoptive family, alongside a fall in the number of adopters coming forward. The campaign will show adopters that they are not alone by highlighting the ‘village’ that makes every journey unique - from social workers and foster carers to birth families and grandparents. To mark National Adoption Week, a new film features adoptive families onboard a train, reflecting on their journeys and the people  who’ve been there along the way. As part of the theme ‘The Journey’, rail companies including Southeastern Railways, Hull Trains and Avanti are backing National Adoption Week.

 

Sarah Johal MBE, National Adoption Strategic Lead from Adoption England, said:

“With the number of children needing adoption increasing and a decline in those coming forward, it’s crucial during National Adoption Week to raise the profile of modern adoption. We hope to show that adoptive families are not alone, they have a community of support around them – from social workers and foster carers to others who have walked the same path. Some are there for the whole journey, others just for one small part, and of course birth families remain an important part of a child’s identity throughout their life. But each of these people plays an important part in the lifelong nature of the adoption journey that makes each family’s experience unique.”

 

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