Adoption Matters joined the crowds to take part in the 2023 annual Durham Pride event on Sunday 28 May, celebrating inclusion and diversity. Joining the parade, which started at Durham Cathedral were members of Adoption Matters North East team, proudly waving their Pride flag and handing out their very own Adoption love hearts to the crowds. Nearly 25% of Adoption Matters approved families in 2021-22 identified as LGBTQ+ and the organisation was recently awarded commended agency status by the national LGBTQ+ adoption and fostering charity New Family Social for their inclusivity and s ..read more

Chester-based Manleys Solicitors chose Adoption Matters to support in their Annual Charity Pub Quiz held on 15 May 2023. Pictured above: Left to Right Jessica Turner, Associate Solicitor, and Rebekah Booth, Chief Operations Officer both Manleys Solicitors with Susy White, Chief Executive Adoption Matters Hosted at Alexanders Live in Chester, the event offered lots of great rounds of questions with an amazing array of raffle prizes donated by local businesses. The evening raised an incredible £1,105.32 for the charity. Adoption Matters Chief Executive Susy White commented: “We are so grateful t ..read more

    In 2022, we were delighted to be awarded membership of the North East England Rainbow Alliance. The Rainbow Alliance is a group of representatives from different agencies, including Office for the Member of Parliament for the City of Durham, Durham County Council, Durham University, Durham Constabulary, Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service, who are all about raising awareness and improving responses for LGBT+ people living and working across Co Durham and Darlington and the North East. Durham Pride Celebrates it’s 10th Anniversary We are also delighted to confirm our at ..read more

LGBTQ+ people are being asked to consider brothers and sister groups this LGBTQ+ Adoption & Fostering Week The latest estimates in England show that 4 in 10 children with a sibling are separated when placed in care. Adoption Matters is supporting this year’s campaign which is led by New Family Social, LGBTQ+ Adoption & Fostering Week starts today (6 March). It asks potential applicants to think about the number of vulnerable children they could parent or care for. The need for more LGBTQ+ people to explore adoption and fostering is as great as ever. In England, in 2022 there were some ..read more

New analysis shows billions of savings each year across England, Wales and Scotland as a result of children in public care being adopted. Children who are adopted are likely to have better health, achieve more in education and have better employment prospects than children in alternative permanent arrangements, according to the evidence currently available Falling numbers of children being adopted mean that this value to children, families and society is diminishing over time. New analysis has revealed that at least £4.2 billion in value was generated across England, Wales and Scotland in 20 ..read more

A Happy New Year from Adoption Matters, we hope everyone enjoyed a peaceful and relaxing Christmas break. In 2022, we had our first end of year shutdown allowing all our hardworking staff a well-earned break from 23 December to 3 January 2023. What a busy year 2022 was for us, we placed 83 children with our families which included 17 sets of brothers and sisters. We have lots of exciting plans for 2023 and look forward to working with many more new families. Please check out our events pages to find out details of our regular online adoption information events, our Centre for Adoption Support ..read more

Children’s charity and leading voluntary adoption agency, Adoption Matters, have held celebration events to commemorate adoption orders made during the Covid-19 pandemic. Families from across the North of England, Wales, Stoke and Shropshire were invited to the events held in Warrington, Leeds, Blackburn and Durham. Adoption celebration events usually take place after the court hearing that has granted an adoption order and the event involves adoptive families visiting the court and meeting the judge, who will then present a certificate and invite families and friends to take photos. Howe ..read more

SinCera Retail Solutions (SRS) based in Morpeth, Northumberland have very kindly supported children’s charity and voluntary adoption agency; Adoption Matters’ North East Christmas Party with a donation to cover the costs. The party was attended by over 40 families and their children who all enjoyed dancing, games and a visit from Santa. SRS (www.sincera.co.uk) are specialists in commercial fit-outs, refits, building contracts and groundworks. Adoption Matters Chief Executive Officer, Susy White commented: “We would like to personally thank SRS Managing Director Martyn Lee for his generosity in ..read more

 Adoption Matters is excited to show you our brand-new stickers provided by Discount Sticker Printing. The stickers will be worn by our team at events throughout 2023, so if you see one, please do come and say hello! Two of our stickers read ‘Children are at the HEART of all we do’, a message that we really do emphasise across our organisation. Our other sticker shows our support to the LGBTQ+ community and proudly displays our New Family Social membership. We would like to thank Discount Sticker Printing for their support in helping our sticker concepts become reality – we could not be more ..read more

Supporter Katie-May Williams, age 24 from Conwy, wanted to do something to raise funds for local children’s charity and voluntary adoption agency, Adoption Matters so she set herself a very tough task.. to walk 21 miles from Colwyn Bay to Bangor in just one day. On Saturday 1 October, Katie-May completed her amazing challenge, with the support of her friend Samantha Jones (both pictured above), walking 21 miles in just over 7 hours. Katie-May said after achieving her goal: “I cannot believe it!! A lot of aches and pains but it is all worth it for such an amazing charity”. “Lucky enough for me ..read more