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Adoption & fostering in Scotland if you're LGBT+

Be The Change in 2022 - How to adopt or foster if you're LGBT+ in Scotland


If you’re LGBT+ in Scotland you can be the change a vulnerable child needs; either through adoption or fostering. There's record numbers of looked-after children across the UK. They all need and deserve parents and carers from the widest possible pool of people.

Some of these children in care need to grow up with their siblings. Others live with serious medical conditions. Some will receive diagnoses of mental health conditions as they grow up. They may not share your heritage. All deserve loving and supportive adoptive parents and carers. It could be you who helps them reach their full potential.

Find out how to take the first steps to be their change, this LGBT+ Adoption & Fostering Week. Whether you live in Edinburgh, Dundee, Glasgow or anywhere in Scotland, you can adopt or foster if you're LGBT+. 1 in 12 adoptions in Scotland in 2020 were to same-sex couples. You can be the change these children need.

Ready to take your first step and find out more? Join New Family Social as a Bronze member for free. You can then use our online agency and information session finders. These'll help you find agencies in Scotland keen to hear from LGBT+ potential adopters and foster carers.



If you're LGBT+ in Scotland and considering adoption or fostering you'll want to go with the right agency for you 

Not all adoption and fostering agencies in Scotland are equal. New Family Social's member agencies will welcome your enquiry. They all offer LGBT+ applicants dedicated LGBT+ support during assessment and while parenting or fostering.

There's always a need for more LGBT+ people to consider adoption or fostering. In July 2020, there were 14,458 looked-after children across Scotland.

Read the official statistics 


Among the adoption and fostering agencies we work with in Scotland are:


Which agencies support LGBT+ Adoption & Fostering Week 2022?

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Adopt Coast to Coast / Adopt East / Adopt London / Adopt South / Adopt South West / Adopt Thames Valley / Adopters for Adoption / Adoption Central England / Adoption Connects / Adoption Counts / Adoption Focus / Adoption in Merseyside / Adoption Matters / Adoption Mid & West Wales / Adoption Now / Adoption South East / Adoption Tees Valley / Adoption West / Adoption@Heart / Arc Adoption NE / Barnardo's / Barnardo's Scotland Adoption Service / Barnardo's West / Barnardo's Yorkshire / Barnardo’s Fostering London and South East / Birmingham Children's Trust / Bradford City Metropolitan District Council / Brighter Futures for Children / Brighton & Hove City Council / Bristol City Council / Buckinghamshire Council / Bury Metropolitan Council / Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Adoption / Cambridgeshire County Council / Caritas Care / CCS Adoption / City of York Council / Compass Fostering / Coram Ambitious for Adoption / Diagrama / Essex County Council / Families for Children Trust / Family Futures / Fusion Fostering / Hampshire County Council / Hertfordshire County Council / Inverclyde Council / Kirklees Council / Leicester City Council / Leicestershire County Council / Lincolnshire County Council / London Borough of Southwark / London Borough of Tower Hamlets / London Borough of Waltham Forest / National Fostering Group / North Lincolnshire Council / North London Fostering & Permanence Consortium / Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council / One Adoption North & Humber RAA / One Adoption West Yorkshire RAA / Oxfordshire County Council / PACT / Rochdale Borough Council Fostering Service / Scottish Adoption / South Gloucestershire Council / Southampton City Council / St Andrew's Children's Society / St Francis' Children's Society / Staffordshire County Council / Stockport Council Fostering Service / Surrey County Council / Sutton Council / Thurrock Council / Together for Adoption and ... Vale, Valleys & Cardiff Regional Adoption Collaborative. We thank them all.



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