Contact us

There are a number of ways that you can contact the team here at ARC Adoption North East.

You can call us on 0191 516 6466 or email [email protected]

ARC Adoption’s postal address is;

ARC Adoption North East
Unit 29, North East Business and Innovation Centre (BIC)
Wearfield, Enterprise Park East
Sunderland
SR5 2TA

If you would like to contact us to enquire about adoption, please call 0191 516 6466 or click the button below to submit an enquiry and a member of the ARC Adoption team will contact you as soon as possible.

Adoption enquiry

Latest

Information Event About Adoption – Thursday 6th January 2022

ARC Adoption North East would like to invite you to an online information event to find out more about the adoption process and the outstanding support available to you from our experienced team.
Adopting Brothers and Sisters Workshop - Wednesday 8th December 2021

ARC Adoption North East would like to invite their families to a seminar around placing brothers and sisters to highlight and increase awareness of things to consider.
ARC Adoption reaches new milestone surpassing 300th ‘Registration of Interest'

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.
ARC Adoption joins National Adoption Week in celebrating the diverse voices of adoption

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.

How adoption works

Adoption is a way of providing new families for children who cannot be looked after by their birth parents and need to belong to a new family.
How long does the UK adoption process take?
Matching panel

Once the family finding process is complete the match will need to be agreed formally by the adoption panel for the child’s agency. If approval is recommended by the adoption panel for the match, the child’s adoption agency decision maker then makes the final decision.
Fostering for adoption

At ARC Adoption North East are committed to exploring different routes to adoption. ARC Adoption offers an early permanence route, often referred to as fostering for adoption or foster to adopt. Fostering for adoption means that young children, usually babies, are placed at a young age with approved potential adopters who would also be approved temporary foster carers whilst the family court decides on the child’s future.
Checks and references

Stage one of the adoption process begins after you have received some general information, an initial visit at your home and ARC Adoption North East are in receipt of your ‘registration of interest’ from you.
Initial visit

Following your initial enquiry, if you would like to progress with the adoption process a member of ARC Adoption North East’s team will visit you in your home. The initial visit will be very informal and take place at a date and time that is convenient for you and will last about two hours. It’s an opportunity to have your questions answered in more detail and help the team get to know you better.
LGBTQ+ Adopters

At ARC Adoption North East, we welcome enquiries and applications from everyone including all members of the LGBT+ community.
Finding the right child for you

Once you become an approved adopter, it’s time to start looking for the right child or children that will join your family.
Intercountry adoption

ARC Adoption North East is registered with Ofsted to provide inter-country adoption services
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At ARC Adoption North East we value your opinion. All compliments, comments and complaints are accepted and considered with the greatest respect. Your feedback is welcomed to help develop ARC Adoption North East’s services.