Cameron and Loughton: time to adopt action

Posted by Francesca on Mar 12, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments The government appears to be generating a lot of noise about adoption guidelines and its role in improving the process. Last week David Cameron did it again, setting of a media frenzy when he announced a new bill designed to increase the speed with which adoptions are carried out, as well as making it easier for inter-racial adoptions to take place. Given the amount of bandwidth and the...
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Myleene Klass and adoptions

Posted by Francesca on Jan 12, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments Towards the end of last summer I was invited to meet Myleene Klass. She wanted me to discuss  my experiences as an adoptive mother as part of her Bumps Babies and Beyond series on Yahoo. I was a little hesitant, as I am these days, after considerable media exposure where I have found – as many do- that it’s not what you think it’s going to be. But I was both surprised and...
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Adoption with Humanity repeats calls for National Adoption Authority

Posted by Francesca on Dec 22, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments Government needs to make urgent structural changes to adoption process says campaign group The government has today announced some changes to the prospective adopter assessment process. Adoption With Humanity applauds this as a long overdue procedure they have been requesting for quite some time, and we are sure that this will have a positive impact on the problems in the adoption system....
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Why the government should set up a National Adoption Authority

Posted by Francesca on Oct 31, 2011 in Blog | 1 comment This is our response to government plans to reform adoption in the UK. David Cameron has acknowledged there are shortcomings in our care system, fundamentally that it is itself in a chaotic and neglected state that it is unable to make provision for the children it is supposed to care for. What  he will do about it and what he can do about it remains to be seen. He has today said there must be...
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Adoption with Humanity’s letter to the Prime Minister

Posted by Francesca on Oct 31, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments This is the letter which my three-year-old daughter Gaia will deliver today to the Prime Minister with a petition signed by almost 1,400 people supporting the need for urgent adoption reforms and the setting up of a National Adoption Authority: Dear Prime Minister, Ref: Adoption with Humanity’s call for a “National Adoption Authority” As you are aware, the adoption system in this country is in...
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A birthday bonus for National Adoption Week

Posted by Francesca on Oct 30, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments We celebrated Luca’s first birthday this weekend – and I felt like it had been my birthday too. I feel great because of the recent national media interest in my adoption campaign as the momentum builds up for National Adoption Week which starts tomorrow when I will be delivering our Adoption with Humanity petition to 10 Downing Street with my daughter Gaia, fellow founders Alex...
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