Information available on this website
The website includes: A searchable database that helps people to locate adoption records. The database is an updated an expanded version of the book called Where to find adoption records by Georgina Stafford. A searchable directory of all local authorities, voluntary adoption agencies and adoption support agencies in England and Wales that offer help and advice, counselling or intermediary services. This database will help you locate the nearest agency in your area and this information is also available in a printed version. Information about how to register a veto for birth parents and adopted people who do not want to be contacted. Information about the Adoption and Children Act 2002, particularly about the new provisions in relation to access to information and intermediary services that affect adoptions that took place before the 30th December 2005. Information for agencies and professionals providing access to information and intermediary services including Pointers for Practice which provide adoption advisors/practitioners with easy access to some of the key things they will need to think about when providing intermediary services for adopted people and birth relatives under Section 98 Adoption and Children Act 2002. Information about books and other resources.
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