Complete our Adoption Enquiry Form and one of our team will contact you within 10 days to speak to you and begin the adoption application process
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Thinking about adopting?
Are you thinking of adopting but aren't sure whether it's right for you?
Adoption is a way of providing a new permanent family for children who cannot be cared for by their birth parents for many reasons.
The adopters become the child’s legal parents once a Court makes an Adoption Order. An Adoption Order ends the child’s legal relationship with his or her birth family and the child then becomes a full part of the adoptive family and takes the family’s last name.
There are many, many good reasons for wanting to adopt and your own reasons will be very personal to you.
It may be that you have a wish to be a parent but fertility issues mean that you cannot have a birth child. Or you may be gay and, whether single or a couple, adoption is the perfect way to build your family.
You may already have a family but feel you still have space for another child in your lives. Or you may feel that you have masses of love, security and happiness to offer to a child who has not had a great start in life and needs someone with your commitment.
Parenting adopted children, whilst presenting unique challenges, can be extremely rewarding.
If you are able to offer love, commitment, time, patience and the motivation to want to understand how your child sees the world, then that is a great start and the rewards will be limitless.
Children need families from all sorts of different backgrounds. Whether you are married or single, divorced or living with a partner, gay or straight, unemployed or disabled, and whatever your cultural background adoption may be for you.
If it's right for you and right for the child then any and all of these reasons are valid.
Explore more about adoption below, and find out how to request a call back, request an Information Pack, or book on to one of our Information Events.
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Need more information? We're here to help
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Request a call back
Whatever stage of the journey you are on, our friendly team are on hand to answer your questions and explain further the process for adoption. Fill in our online form to tell us your basic contact details and request a call back.
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Request our info pack
Our latest Adoption Information and Reference Guide gives a detailed overview about adopting with Cumbria Adoption: how it works, what it takes, and who the children are who need a new forever family. Fill in the contact form to request a download link,
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Join an information event
If you've been thinking about adoption but aren't sure where to start, our information events are the ideal introduction. We run regular group events online, or if you prefer a 1-1 chat we run in-person sessions around Cumbria every month.