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Adoption UK in the News
This page brings together a selection of clippings and audio files featuring Adoption UK in the news.
2012
04.04.12 - The Guardian: Call for adoption reforms to focus on support over speed
Guardian Call for Adoption Reforms to focus on support over speed
23.03.12 - Community Care: A travel guide to the adoption action plan
14.0.12 - Family Law Week: Adoption organisations welcome publication of Action Plan
06.01.12 - Community Care: Ministers order first official study into adoption breakdown
05.01.12 - Reuters: Social media threat to adopted children grows in UK
05.01.12 - Parent Dish: Birth parents stalking adopted kids on Facebook
05.01.12 - Huffington Post: Facebook poses threat to adopted children, warns charities
05.01.12 - The Times: Facebook threat to adopted children
The Times - Front Cover - 05.01.12
The Times - Main article - 05.01.12
05.01.12 - The Telegraph Online: Facebook allows natural parents to track down adopted children ...
05.01.12 - The Daily Mail Online: Hundreds of children adopted after being abused have lives turned ...
05.01.12 - The Sun Online: Adopted kids at risk from Facebook
2011
23.12.11 - The Scotsman: Call for Scotland to follow England's lead on adoption
22.12.11 - The Guardian Online: Adoption system changes planned to speed up process
22.12.11 - BBC Online: Adoptive parent checks: Overhaul planned in England
21.12.11 - Agenda N.I - Care Services: Adoption Reform
13.12.11 - Children and Young People Now: Decision of a lifetime - special report Adoption
07.11.11 - The Scotsman: Ongoing support and making a good match are key to adoption
07.11.11 - South Wales Evening Post: Minister vows to improve adoption
03.11.11 - The Telegraph - Schools to prioritise vulnerable pupils in admissions overhaul
03.11.11 - ITV Tonight programme: Adoption: A Failing System
01.11.11 - The Times: Children left in limbo as councils hold up adoptions for months
01.11.11 - The Times: Adopted children to get guaranteed choice of schools
31.10.11 - The Big Issue: Why is adoption so hard in Britain?
30.10.11 - BBC News Scotland: Barnardo's Scotland relaunches adoption service
29.10.11 - South Wales Argus: Adoption event at Senedd
26.10.11 - Brent and Kilburn Times: Just one baby was adopted in Brent in the last year
18.10.11 - Children and Young People Now: PM under fire over his 'family test' pledge
15.10.11 - Hackney Gazette: Adoption levels in Hackney hit new low
04.10.11 - Children and Young People Now: Conservative Conference 2011 - Adoptive parents' leave and pay
02.10.11 - The Observer: Adoption system must put children first
29.09.11 - The Huffington Post: Adoption rates hit new low with more children left in care
29.09.11 - Metro: Only 60 babies adopted last year despite record numbers in care
29.09.11 - Sky News: Review urged as baby adoptions plunge
29.09.11 - The Guardian: Reality Check: why are so few children being adopted?
29.09.11 - The Times: Children suffer as adoptions fall to new low
12.07.11 - Children and Young People Now: Charities line up to condemn dearth of post-adoption support
06.07.11 - The Times: Letter to the Editor
05.07.11 - Children and Young People Now: Narey recommends national agency to boost adoption rate
05.07.11 - Community Care: Adoption tsar Narey wants social workers to speed up
05.07.11 - BBC South East News: Kent adoption barriers under scrutiny
09.06.11 - Community Care: Charity highlights 'gaps' in Ofsted adoption inspections
01.06.11 - Nursery World: A Unique Child: Adoption - Finding a home
09.05.11 - The Times: They need more than just love. They need your understanding and hard work
They need more than just love - part 1
They need more than just love - part 2
They need more than just love - part 3
They need more than just love - part 4
12.04.11 - Community Care: Charities slam dearth of adoption support
28.02.11 - Community Care: Adoption guidance criticised for its political spin
23.02.11 - The Daily Mail: Michael Gove: I'll scrap 'harmful' restrictions on adoption process
22.02.11 - The Guardian: Michael Gove relaunches adoption rules with attack on 'ridiculous bureaucracy'
17.02.11 - Community Care: Experts back Welsh adoption agency plans
08.02.11 - The Scotsman: No Fear: Trauma in early life can have a long-term impact on child's personality
31.01.11 - The Telegraph: When adoptions go wrong
31.01.11 - Children and Young People Now: Barnardo's challenges prejudice against gay parents
31.01.11 - The Guardian: Charity challenges disapproval of same-sex parents in survey
24.04.11 - The Times: adoption couples blocked by race barrier
2010
28.10.10 - The Sun: I fear son will face jail due to brain trauma
03.11.10 - Community Care: BASW rejects Loughton's comments on inter-racial adoption
04.11.10 - The Banbury Guardian: Loving, supportive homes are needed for youngsters
07.11.10 - The Sunday Observer: Cur adrift without support: the anguish of parents who adopt
08.11.10 - The Western Mail: Forced adoptions by court order top 770 in five years
16.10.10 - Adoption UK's Jonathan Pearce discusses adoption break down and disruption with Jeremy Vine
Jeremy Vine Show07.08.10 - Times Educational Supplement: I adopted one of my own pupils like Matilda’s Miss Honey
01.07.10 - Channel 5 News item
01.06.10 - Channel 4 News clip
01.06.10 - Glamour magazine: Five sisters, separated as children, 20 years later, the search began - June 2010
23.05.10 - The Sunday Observer: Anguish for adopted children as their birth parents stalk them via Facebook
31.03.10 - The Guardian (Society): Readers’ Responses, Shame of Naming
Society Guardian Letter - social networking
01.03.10 - The Banbury Guardian: Charity film to educate
18.02.10 - Community Care: No shame in seeking help
Community Care - mental health services and adoption support
2009
01.09.09 - The Banbury Review: Celebrity Michael Underwood marks charity’s move
31.10.09 - Eastern Daily Press: Family’s plea over adoption barriers
17.08.09 - Bella: Should older people be allowed to adopt?
Should older people be able to adopt?
01.11.09 - Preston FM interview: Mark discusses his experiences of the adoption process as a gay adopter