LGBTQ+ Adopters

At ARC Adoption North East, we welcome enquiries and applications from everyone including all members of the LGBTQ+ 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 LGBTQ+ adopters helping them become parents and providing ongoing support.

"Be prepared for a challenge but also, be prepared for the most magical thing you've ever done."

Listen to what Jamie and Tom have to say about becoming parents.

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 LGBTQ+ adoption and fostering charity in the UK. It provides support, improves the treatment of LGBTQ+ 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.

New Family Social also host a podcast, Adoption, Fostering & Tea: The New Family Social Podcast which gives listeners the chance to hear discussions from those who have chosen to build their families via Adoption or Fostering.

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.

Latest

Virtual Coffee Morning Thursday 20th May 2021

ARC Adoption families are invited to join the team for a virtual coffee morning.
Self Care for Adopter's Workshop Wednesday 28th April 2021

ARC Adoption families are invited to join self care for adopter's virtual workshop.
ARC Adoption places 200th child with forever family.

Covid restrictions haven’t stopped voluntary adoption agency ARC Adoption North East from doing what they do best, finding loving homes for those children waiting to be adopted, as the team places their 200th child with their forever family.
Understanding the Early Years Workshop Tuesday 20th April 2021

Would you like to know more about how babies and young children communicate and how this communication can affect their behaviour? The team at ARC Adoption North East would like to invite you to understanding the early years workshop.

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.
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.
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.
Children are waiting

ARC Adoption North East has joined forces with a group of Voluntary Adoption Agencies from across the UK to encourage potential adopters to adopt those children who wait the longest.
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.
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.
Reports and policy

The team at ARC Adoption are very proud to be rated as Outstanding in all areas by Ofsted.
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.
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.
Bonding through play

ARC Adoption North East likes to give adopters an insight into the principles of Theraplay® and how it can be used to build safe and secure attachments through having fun. Theraplay® is modelled on secure interactions between parents and children.