LGBTQ+ Adoption and Fostering Week 2024
LGBTQ+ Adoption and Fostering Week is taking place 4-10 March 2024. Organised by New Family Social, the theme this year is ‘Different Together’ and encourages more people from the LGBTQ+ community to consider adopting or fostering.
The campaign is a time to recognise and celebrate the many LGBTQ+ people who have already adopted or fostered, but it is also about raising awareness and reaching out to the community.
In England in 2023 there were 83,400 looked-after children and during that time one in five adoptions were by same-sex couples.
Children from the Global Majority (defined as Black, Asian, mixed, and other ethnic groups) often wait the longest to be adopted. As a London agency, our children reflect a diverse range of backgrounds and we always welcome people from the LGBTQ+ community to come forward from those same backgrounds, who can positively promote the child’s identity, ethnicity and culture.
As part of our commitment to our LGBTQ+ adopters, Adopt London offers free membership to New Family Social to ensure that they everyone can fully benefit from the vast range of support and information they have to offer.
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New Family Social is the UK’s peer-support charity for LGBTQ+ adopters, foster carers and special guardians. Offering a vast range of events, training, resources including podcasts and support, New Family Social is the only charity in the UK specifically for the LGBTQ+ adopters and foster carers. You can find out more about New Family Social on their website.