Campaigning in Wales: Promoting the concerns and interests of adoptive families in Wales

Links: Useful websites for adopters and prospective adopters in Wales

Wales/Cymru

This page provides information about adoption in Wales, and the support Adoption UK can provide to the country's adopters and prospective adopters, through a dedicated office based in Cardiff.

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Thanks to a three-year grant from the Welsh Assembly Government Adoption UK has been able to extend its services and presence in Wales.

We now have an office in Cardiff, staffed by Development Manager Ann Bell, who is both an adoptee and an adoptive parent, and by helpline adviser Helen Griffiths.

The grant is enabling Adoption UK to develop its services in Wales, to offer adopters and prospective adopters improved and targeted support services.

Dedicated Helpline

The Adoption UK Helpline for Wales is open Monday to Friday 11am to 1pm on 02920 232221. Calls are charged at standard UK rates.

At other times, please call the Adoption UK national Helpline on 0844 8487900 (Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm).

Support groups

We currently run support groups in Newport and Cardiff and would like to recruit new Volunteer Coordinators to start groups in other areas of Wales. Contact the Welsh office for more information.

Coordinators are adoptive parents and members of Adoption UK who give their time to run support group meetings and provide advice, encouragement and support to adopters and prospective adopters.

Training and support

Adoption UK runs a range of popular training workshops, conferences and seminars on issues such as Getting ready for Placement to Parenting Adopted Teenagers to Children Who Struggle at School. A number of these events will take place in Wales.

Adoption UK's acclaimed six-day traiing programme 'It's a Piece of Cake' also runs regularly.

Workshops run regularly in Wales, and details of up and coming workshops and events will appear in the Training section of the site.

To find out about workshops running in your area of Wales contact the Training Team.

Welsh Advisory Group

Adoption UK in Wales is represented by the Welsh Advisory Group, a group of adoptive parents and practitioners with local knowledge who provide advice on adoption policy and practise issues.

Their advice is used both to develop Adoption UK’s services for adopters and prospective adopters, and to respond to government.

Campaigning

We are currently surveying adoptive parents in Wales to find out more about their support needs, particularly around education and therapeutic services and will be using the results of the survey to campaign on their behalf.

Report: support needs of adoptive families in Wales

Research carried out by Adoption UK Wales reveals that much more needs to be done to support adopters in Wales. Read the full Support Needs of Adoptive Families in Wales report here in either English or Welsh.

Wales report English version

Wales report Welsh version

Contact the Adoption UK Wales office…

Mabwysiadu yng Nghymru

Diolch i grant tair blynedd gan Lywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru mae Adoption UK wedi gallu ymestyn ei wasanaethau a'i bresenoldeb yng Nghymru.

Mae gennym swyddfa ar agor yng Nghaerdydd bellach,a'r staff yw'r Rheolwr Datblygu Ann Bell, sydd yn un gafodd ei mabwysiadu ei hyn ac sy'n rhiant sy'n mabwysiadu, a Helen Griffiths, cynghorydd y llinell gymorth.

Mae'r grant yn galluogi Adoption UK i ddatblygu ei wasanaethau yng Nghymru, i gynnig gwell gwasanaethau cefnogi, a'r rheiny wedi'u targedu, ar gyfer mabwysiadwyr a darpar fabwysiadwyr.

Llinell Gymorth Benodol

Mae Llinell Gymorth Adoption UK Cymru ar agor Llun i Gwener 11am - 1 pm 02920 232221. Pris galwadau safonol y Deyrnas Unedig a godir am y galwadau.

Ar adegau eraill, ffoniwch Llinell Gymorth genedlaethol Adoption UK ar 0844 8487900 (Llun i Gwener 10am - 4 pm).

Grwpiau cefnogi

Rydym ar hyn o bryd yn rhedeg grwpiau cefnogi yng Nghasnewydd a Chaerdydd a byddem yn hoffi recriwtio Cydlynwyr Gwirfoddol newydd i gychwyn grwpiau mewn rhannau eraill o Gymru. Cysylltwch â Swyddfa Cymru am ragor o wybodaeth.

Mae'r cydlynwyr yn rieni sy'n mabwysiadu ac yn aelodau o Adoption UK sy'n rhoi o'u hamser i redeg cyfarfodydd grwpiau cefnogi a darparu cyngor, anogaeth a chefnogaeth i fabwysiadwyr a darpar fabwysiadwyr.

Hyfforddiant a chefnogaeth

Bydd nifer o gyrsiau hyfforddi'n digwydd yng Nghymru dros y ddwy flynedd nesaf; i gael gwybod mwy, cysylltwch â Swyddfa Cymru.

Gwahoddir pob mabwysiadwr sy'n byw yng Nghymru i gysylltu â ni i siarad am y mathau o wasanaethau cefnogi yr hoffent eu gweld yn cael eu sefydlu neu i siarad am wirfoddoli yng Nghymru, drwy ffonio 02920 230 neu drwy ebost.

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Grŵp Ymgynghorol Cymreig

Cynrychiolir Adoption UK gan y Grŵp Ymgynghorol Cymreig, grŵp o rieni ac ymarferwyr gyda gwybodaeth leol sy'n darparu cyngor ar faterion polisi ac ymarfer mabwysiadu.

Defnyddir eu cyngor i ddatblygu gwasanaethau Adoption UK i fabwysiadwyr a darpar fabwysiadwyr, ac i ymateb i'r llywodraeth.

Ymgyrchu

Rydym yn cynnal arolwg ar hyn o bryd gyda rhieni sy'n mabwysiadu yng Nghymru i gael gwybod mwy am eu hanghenion cefnogi, yn enwedig ynglŷn ag addysg a gwasanaethau therapiwtig a byddwn yn defnyddio canlyniadau'r arolwg i ymgyrchu ar eu rhan.