Thinking of fostering? Essential information about foster parenting in the UK, visit the National Fostering Agency. Every Child Matters.

Caring for orphans and street-children in Uganda. - Adoption Now! is a ministry of Abaana, and is based in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire in the United Kingdom.

Works with adoption agencies and adoption consortia to make sure that all children and families have the best chance of finding a suitable match.

The AdoptionTracker.com online research database matches up children and parents separated through adoption, and has regular news on legal and social issues too.

The website for the Intercountry Adoption Centre - a UK based organisation that provides information and advice to both adoption/childcare professionals and the public about overseas or intercountry adoption.

Provides independent advice, counselling and support to anyone affected by or dealing with the challenges and opportunities of adoption. The Centre was founded in 1986 to meet the needs of adults and children experiencing problems arising from adoption. Its origins were in a growing recognition that adoptions aren't always a neat happy ending, but often brings specific problems of its own.

Adoption is open to more people than you think. If you've ever thought about adoption and have questions, this is where to start. Read and listen to people who have been affected by adoption. The adoptive parents and adopted people.

This website is intended to be the first port of call for anyone thinking about searching for or making contact with birth and adopted relatives or researching adoptions that took place in the UK.

The mission of the Adoption Support Network of Ireland is to promote and demand equal human and civil rights for all those affected by the outdated, unjust Irish adoption system.

This site is for Irish parents who are intending to, or already have, adopted abroad. To join the IAA you must be resident in Ireland and applying for adoption through the HSE-ICAS system.

If your life is affected by adoption you may be searching for answers to particular questions, or just want a little extra support from time to time. If you are an adopted person, part of an adoptive family or a birth relative, After Adoption can help you deal with the differences adoption can bring to your life.

Free UK adoption contact register reuniting birth parents and adoptees. For years all a birth relative could do was put their details Adoption Contact Register operated by the General Register Office and hope the adopted person would also register to establish a link. In the 1990s some adoption agencies began to recognise that birth relates wanted and needed to know more. They also discovered that many adopted people were very pleased when they learned that birth relatives were endeavouring to trace them.

Offers a wide range of resources for adopted people with an Irish connection and their natural families: Resources, links and support for Irish-born adult adoptees.

Adoption UK's internet adoption community provides information, guidance and support to adoptive parents and those interested in adoption in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Offers the love and concern of family for thousands of orphaned children in China who have lost theirs. Half the Sky provide individual nurture and stimulation for babies, innovative preschools that encourage an early love of learning, personalized learning opportunities for older children, and loving — and most important, permanent — foster homes for children whose special needs will keep them from being adopted.

Advocates for Children and Families (ACF), is a not-for-profit adoption agency based in Florida. Our staff is specially trained in adoption services and consists of attorneys, licensed mental health counselors and skilled support staff. ACF is licensed by the State of Florida to place children in approved adoptive homes throughout Florida and the United States.

They believe quality counts when it comes to providing services for traumatised children and young people and our work focuses directly on children and their needs, helping them to recover, giving them a voice and preparing them for the future.

The Government has decided to establish the current Adoption Board as a new central adoptions authority. Legislation will be required and is in preparation. Pending the legislation we will describe ourselves as the Adoption Board / Authority.

A worldwide group of volunteers who have realized that people with a pure love for helping children can truly make a difference. We all donate our time and resources in an attempt to brighten the lives of orphaned children in China.

Offers information on how to adopt, including who you can adopt and a step-by-step guide to the adoption procedure. As well as information how to foster, including who you can foster and what the different types of fostering are available.

The most popular adoption internet site in the UK. Last month there were over 50,000 visitors to this adoption web site. Adoption.org.uk will continually strive to provide the most relevant and interesting information on adoption available anywhere on the Internet.