Adoption and fostering news
New film highlights that fostering is everything
Fostering can mean everything to those involved. That is the message of a powerful new fostering film from over 100 councils, including Birmingham Children’s Trust...
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Foster Care Fortnight 2024 kicks off with #FosteringMoments
Monday saw the start of Foster Care Fortnight 2024, which will run until 26 May and is the UK's biggest foster care awareness-raising campaign...
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Prestigious awards for ‘Any of Us’ fostering film project
Find out about a double award winning fostering film...
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Adopted people come together to share their story for National Adoption Week
New powerful portraits featuring generations of adopted people have been released to spotlight how adoption has evolved.
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Adopt Birmingham supports latest You Can Adopt campaign
Adopt Birmingham joins a national ‘You Can Adopt’ campaign uniting regional and voluntary adoption agencies across the country to highlight the circle of support important to adopters.
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Keep children within their communities: more foster carers are needed in Birmingham
Find out more about Foster Care Fortnight 2023...
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‘Good’ news for Birmingham Children’s Trust Adoption Agency
Our Adoption Agency inspection result is in, and it is 'good' news.
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Foster Birmingham Launches Exciting New Website
Foster Birmingham, Birmingham Children’s Trust’s Fostering Service, have launched a brand-new stand-alone website which is now live!
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‘Childhood’ short film launched to raise awareness of the need for foster carers
In a ground-breaking national collaboration, 56 Local Authorities across England have worked together to share ideas and jointly fund the creation of a short film to raise awareness of fostering.
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Celebrating LGBT+ adoption and fostering week
Birmingham Children's Trust is proud to be celebrating LGBT+ adoption and fostering week between 2-8 March.
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Being a kinship carer is something to be proud of!
We're celebrating Kinship carers this Kinship Care Week. We want everyone to know that being a kinship carer is something to be proud of.
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Extra support for Special Guardianship carers throughout lockdown and beyond
At Birmingham Children’s Trust we’re proud to be continuing and extending our support offer to families with Special Guardianship Orders (SGOs) throughout lockdown. Find out how we can help.
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Parenting a traumatised child whilst living through COVID-19
Clinical Psychologist Dan Hughes and Child Psychotherapist Sarah Morse discuss parenting and caring for children who have experience trauma during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.
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Fostering, it’s not about the hello, it’s about the whole journey
Watch our new film to find out more about the challenges and rewards of fostering.
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The Fostering and Adoption Recruitment Team was part of an amazing day at Birmingham Pride 2018
Proud to represent Birmingham Children's Trust at this years PRIDE event.
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Powerful Fostering teenagers film launched in Birmingham
To celebrate the start of Foster Care Fortnight (14-25 May 2018) we are happy to air our new Fostering film ‘There was a boy.’