Adoption is a way of providing a permanent new family for a child. In Merton there is a team of social workers who recruit, assess and prepare people who would like to adopt, and who will be responsible for providing ongoing support after you have…
Adoption and Permanence TeamMerton Civic Centre, London RoadMordenSM4 5DX
Advicenow is an independent, not-for-profit website providing information on rights and legal issues. The website covers issues relating to benefits, consumer affairs, employment, family and personal issues, government, law and rights and money and tax, linking out to national and specialist services in each area.…
Barnardo's is one of the UK's leading children's charities. Services include counselling, vocational training, disability inclusion groups and short breaks for disabled children. Barnardo's also offer parenting support.
Fostering is a way of providing a family life for children who cannot live with their own parents, and may be short-term or long-term. For more information about fostering in Merton, please click on the website link below.
Fostering RecruitmentCivic Centre, London RoadMordenSM4 5DX
The Fostering Network is the UK's leading charity for everyone with a personal or professional involvement in fostering. The Network supports foster carers, and aims to improve the lives of children in care. The Network's website provide lots of information and resources for foster carers…
The Fostering Network87 Blackfriars RoadLondonSE1 8HA
Advice, support, counselling and training for anyone affected by adoption and permanency, including adoptive parents and other permanent carers, birth mothers, birth fathers and other birth relatives, adopted children and young people, adopted adults, professionals working in adoption, prospective adopters and those who have experienced…
Is someone else looking after your child who isn’t a close relative? Or, are you looking after someone else’s child who is not a close relative? If you are doing this for 28 days or more and the child is under 16 years, or under…