LGBT+ Adopters

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

The adoption process is the same for all prospective adopters. The professional and outstanding team at ARC Adoption have many years of experience welcoming and working hand in hand with LGBT+ adopters helping them become parents and providing ongoing support.

New Family Social Membership

ARC Adoption North East are proud to be a member of New Family Social. Adopters who chose to adopt through ARC Adoption also benefit from membership.

New Family Social is the only national LGBT+ adoption and fostering charity in the UK. It provides support, improves the treatment of LGBT+ people in the adoption and fostering process, encourages inclusion and works directly with its members and agencies to find more new families for children in care.

You can also find about the online, social and peer support available to adopters at ARC Adoption North East.

If you would like to arrange an initial visit then please call 0191 516 6466 or click Adoption enquiry and a member of the ARC Adoption team will contact you as soon as possible.

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Online Information Event About Adoption 3rd September 2020

Are you living in the North East of England and thinking about adoption?
Pioneering children’s services are the first in the UK to implement digital life story

ARC Adoption North East and children’s services in Sunderland are joining forces to become the first in the UK to launch an innovative, digital life story platform.
Virtual Coffee Morning Tuesday 8th September 2020

ARC Adoption families are invited to join the team for a virtual coffee morning.
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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.
Accessibility
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.
Reports and policy

The team at ARC Adoption are very proud to be rated as Outstanding in all areas by Ofsted.
Values and mission

ARC Adoption North East in an outstanding adoption agency based in the North East of England. The ARC Adoption team is made up of multi-disciplined, experienced professionals who deliver a range of high-quality outstanding adoption services and adoption support. ARC Adoption North East believes that every child deserves the right to grow up in a nurturing and loving family who will support them through childhood and prepare them for adult life.
Adoption statistics and facts

In the North East of England, children waiting to be adopted outnumbers adopters 3:1. Could you adopt a child? If you have questions about adoption, or would like more information about the adoption process and the outstanding support available at ARC Adoption North East, email [email protected] or call 01915166466.
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.
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.
Contact us

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.
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