by diviadmin | Apr 25, 2014 | Adoption, Policy
In our last post on foster care, we lifted the lid on those who open their lives to other people’s children. We also explored the nature of the sacrifice required from carers. Many of the comments after the piece were from kinship carers – essentially...
by diviadmin | Apr 11, 2014 | Adoption
My career has been punctuated by encounters with people. That’s the nature of social work, I guess. Apart from some amazing teenagers, the group who’ve impacted me the most has been foster carers. They never cease to astound me! Why foster carers...
by diviadmin | Nov 8, 2013 | Adoption
WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT… Occasionally in life, I come across something that needs sorting out. Now. It just can’t wait. TALKadoption is one such situation. I’d like to briefly share with you why this is. Why TALKadoption matters… Adoption...
by diviadmin | Nov 5, 2013 | Adoption
As many of you will know, I have an interest in adoption. In today’s post – as part of our National Adoption Week series – I want to highlight an agency that I think is brilliant (Don’t worry, they’re not paying me!). After Adoption is a...
by diviadmin | Nov 2, 2013 | Adoption
I love adoption. Both my kids are adopted – it’s the best thing I ever did. Whether you’re adopted, an adoptive parent, a foster carer or whatever, National Adoption Week is a chance to celebrate. I want to use this week-long national focus on...
by diviadmin | Sep 9, 2013 | Adoption
Wow – what started as a quick list has become 3 not-so-quick blog posts! After the first and second posts on this subject, I had a growing number of responses via LinkedIn, offering more and more advice – some of it really good. So I thought that I would...