New Family Social’s Adoption & Fostering Week 2022!

Today (7th March) see’s the start of LGBT+ Adoption and Fostering Week 2022 which is led by New Family Social and is back for its tenth year. The campaign – which encourages more LGBT+ people to consider both routes to parenting and caring – started in 2012. LGBT+ adopters and foster carers created the campaign to raise awareness and drive change, following statistics showing that 1 in 31 adoptions in England were to samesex couples. In 2021 the figure stood at 1 in 6!!

The campaign brings together New Family Social, adoption & fostering agencies from across the UK and LGBT+ potential applicants. Reaching some 24 million people in 2021, the campaign has seen LGBT+ people become a key resource for the adoption and fostering sector.

#BeTheChange – the theme for 2022 – asks LGBT+ people to think about the range of vulnerable children they could parent or care for. Each day will focus on sharing stories from LGBT+ adopters and foster carers already being the change for some of the country’s most vulnerable children.

Tor Docherty, New Family Social Chief Executive said: ‘The need for more LGBT+ people to consider adoption or fostering is as great as ever, despite ten years of our successful campaign. When it started few agencies could answer the question ‘How many LGBT+ applicants do you have?’ Now it’s the bare minimum of information agencies should have when speaking to potential applicants. If you’re LGBT+ you can find agencies that want to hear from you and will offer you dedicated support.’ For more information on LGBT+ Adoption & Fostering Week visit https://newfamilysocial.org.uk/afw22

Adoption Now are once again proud to be supporting this year’s campaign and all this week we will be linking in with New Family Social across all of our social media channels. Bringing you stories, podcasts and more!

#BeTheChange #ProudToAdopt