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Adoption and fostering

Thinking about adoption or fostering?

Taking time looking and researching about adoption or fostering is a first step towards a rewarding challenge for some people. Thank you for making that first step to help with a child's life.

Below are a few links to help you find exactly what you're looking for quickly, otherwise just browse through at your own leisure.

What is the difference between adoption and fostering?

Adoption is the legal process by which children, who cannot be brought up by their own parents become a full permanent member of a new family.

Adoption is a lifelong commitment. Like all parenting it presents challenges and difficulties some of which require preservance to work through. But it can also be intensely rewarding as you see your child develop.

Fostering is a way of providing a family life for children who cannot live with their own parents.

With fostering often the child will return home once the problems that caused them to come into foster care have been resolved, and it is clear that parents, or extended family members are able to look after them safely.

Contact details

If you are interested in further information or want to discuss any issue or questions you have please contact the Adoption and Fostering team:

Tel. 01652 656005

Email: leanda.jamieson@northlincs.gov.uk

Address:

Adoption and Fostering team
The Grove
Scawby
Brigg
DN20 9AN

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