Read the latest news from ARC Adoption North East, details of regional and national adoption campaigns and support initiatives, and articles sharing different stories related to adoption:
For anyone considering adopting brothers and sisters, the support available from your adoption agency will be important. Here we talk about the types of support that we are proud to provide to our families at ARC Adoption. Read more
To mark the launch of a new campaign to find families for brothers and sisters alongside our partners Adopt Coast to Coast, we’ve put together our list of reasons why adopting siblings at the same time, is something prospective adopters should seriously consider. Read more
ARC Adoption is proud to be supporting a new campaign entitled 'A Life Less Ordinary' to encourage the public to think differently about adoption, and the children waiting longest to find a permanent home. Read more
Laura adopted her six month old son, with the support of ARC Adoption in the midst of the pandemic in 2020. In this article she shares her story, as well as offering advice for anyone considering becoming an adoptive parent today. Read more
Independent adoption agencies from across the UK have joined forces to highlight the choices available to people considering becoming a parent through adoption. Read more
This March, the team at ARC Adoption North East is celebrating the eighth birthday of the Sunderland based Voluntary adoption agency. Read more
ARC adopters, Paddy and Lee, adopted their son, Jacob, back in 2019 when he was 5 years old. We caught up with Paddy to talk about his and Lee's experience of adopting, and why an older child was the right choice for their family. Read more
Adopting siblings can be daunting but extremely rewarding. Here, a number of our fantastic adopters share their experience of adopting brothers and sisters with the support of ARC. Read more
ARC Adoption is delighted to be supporting LGBT+ Adoption & Fostering Week which returns for its tenth year with an important message of #BeTheChange. Read more
ARC Adoption director and founder, Terry Fitzpatrick, has been awarded an OBE at a ceremony at Windsor Castle to formally recognise his contribution to children's social work in the North East of England. Read more
ARC Adoption North East has reached a new milestone in its essential work to recruit and support adoptive families for children across the North East and the UK, as the team received its 300th Registration of Interest’ to adopt, this October. Read more
ARC Adoption North East is delighted to support National Adoption Week running 18th to 24th October, raising awareness of modern adoption and championing the diverse voices impacted or touched by it. Read more
ARC Adoption North East is proud to support the 2021 Adoption and Fostering Support Week for LGBT+ parents, organised by UK charity, New Family Social. Read more
At a time when national statistics reveal that children from Black and ethnic minority groups take longer to be placed with an adoptive family, the latest #YouCanAdopt campaign seeks to increase the number of Black adopters. Read more
Terry Fitzpatrick, director at ARC Adoption North East, has been awarded an OBE for services to children in North East England. Read more