There is more than one way to offer a home and experience of family life to children. Both fostering and adoption make it possible to have a family and build lasting relationships with children and young people.
Our mission is to bring together amazing people like yourself and fantastic children who need a home.
There is more than one way to offer a home and experience of family life to children. Both fostering and adoption make it possible to have a family and build lasting relationships with children and young people.
Our mission is to bring together amazing people like yourself and fantastic children who need a home.
In England 3,000 children are waiting for adoptive parents. Could adoption be right for you and your family?
Early Permanence placements allow babies and young children to find foster carers who are ready to adopt them later, if the courts decide they cannot be cared for permanently by their birth family.
This section takes you through the adoption process stage by stage with practical information, interactive exercises and audio and video guides.
Could you provide a safe and loving home for a child on a temporary, long-term or permanent basis? Find out more about Foster Care, Special Guardianship and Kinship Care.
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CCS Adoption
Date and time
Tuesday June 23, 2026
17:30 to 19:00
Location
Online
Event Link
Agency website
CCS Adoption, your local independent, voluntary adoption agency in Bristol, is running an online adoption Information Event for people thinking of adopting. Book yourself a place, and you can explore adoption, the children who need adoptive families and CCS Adoption – the region’s only Ofsted “Outstanding” adoption agency.
There will be a short presentation via Zoom with our expert adoption team, who will be able to answer any questions you might have and tell you more about the lifelong support and training we provide. You’ll find out what the next steps are if you decide to adopt a child or siblings.
You’ll also have the opportunity to hear from our adopters during the Q&A session and learn about their experiences and the support we provide after adoption through our Adoption Support.
We will be holding this Information Event via Zoom, so if you want to book yourself a place, please use the booking form on our website. We work with families living in the West and South West areas of England in Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire.
Coram Ambitious for Adoption
Date and time
Tuesday June 23, 2026
12:30 to 14:30
Location
Online
Event Link
Agency website
Coram Ambitious for Adoption are hosting a free information session about adoption online via Zoom.
These events are a great chance to learn general information about adoption and how to adopt through Coram. The online content will be a live session and will run through all the content you would receive in an in-person session. There will be an opportunity to type any questions using the Q&A function.
Our social workers will talk you through the children in need of permanent and loving families, the assessment process and the preparation process for new adopters, how children join their new families, and the kinds of post-adoption support that Coram has to offer.
It’s the ideal opportunity to find out more, whether you’re only just beginning to consider adoption or if you’re further down the line in the process.
Adopt Thames Valley
Date and time
Tuesday June 23, 2026
18:30 to 20:30
Location
Online
Event Link
Agency website
If you want to discover how you can transform a child’s life through adoption, Adopt Thames Valley holds a regular programme of virtual information sessions throughout the year. At these you can find out what adoption involves today, learn more about the training and support we offer to adoptive families, and have the chance to ask questions. You will also hear from one of our adopters about their experience.
The sessions are held on a variety of weekday evenings.
Why not come and meet our friendly team, and discover if now is the right time for you to start your adoption journey? Call 0800 731 0171 or email ATV.iwanttoadopt@oxfordshire.gov.uk to book your place. You can also fill in our online enquiry form, including the date of the session that you would like to attend in the Message box.
Please note: Adopt Thames Valley welcomes enquirers from Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Wiltshire, or those who live within one hour’s travelling time of one of our centres in Oxford, Reading and Swindon.
Adoption Focus
Date and time
Wednesday June 24, 2026
18:00 to 19:30
Location
Online
Agency website
Our online information events are a great way to learn more about adopting, the adoption process and how Adoption Focus can support you.
They're ideal if:
• you're in the early stages of researching adoption
• you want a general overview of how the adoption process works
• you've been looking into adoption for a while and feel ready to start the process with Adoption Focus, an Ofsted 'Outstanding' rated agency
• you're contacting local agencies to decide which one to proceed with
• you want to find out more about the children who are waiting to be adopted
• you have specific questions you'd like to talk through privately with an expert
• you're interested in an early permanence route into adoption
They begin with a live presentation from a member of our team, covering all aspects of adoption and our service. Following this you'll be given the opportunity to arrange a private phone call or video chat with one of our experienced adoption social workers in which you can have your questions answered and talk about next steps.
Whether you want a general overview of how things work or have specific questions you'd like to talk through, we'll be happy to hear from you.
Please call on 0121 779 0891 or email info@adoption-focus.org.uk to book a place at this event. We’ll send you an information pack and all the details you need.
If you’re not able to make it to one of these events, please get in touch and we’ll arrange an alternative way of giving you the information you need.
https://www.adoption-focus.org.uk/information-events