Cumbria Adoption is working with other adoption agencies across the North East and Cumbria this week to try and find loving homes for children at an earlier point by encouraging people to foster first through the Early Permanence programme.
Cumbria Adoption is appealing for more adopters to come forward as it joins a national ‘You Can Adopt’ campaign aimed at reversing a ‘concerning’ decline in adoption rates in England.
Cumbria’s adoption service has welcomed paralympic swimming champion Ellie Simmonds’ heartfelt plea for more people to adopt people with disabilities, after she won a Bafta award for best single documentary last night.