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Hi

We chose to work with Barnardos and they have been truly wonderful. Can't recommend them enough.

Good luck making your decision.

Hello, we are approved adopters through Barnardos. In our opinion they have been absolutely fantastic!

We did a lot of Research with which agency we wanted to go with or if we wanted to use our LA.

We chose Barnardos based on the support they offer post adoption.

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Thanks very much. :)

We've chosen to go with them and everything has been wonderful so far. Seems like they'll give really good support that's unique to us - which is 100% what we want. Very happy with our choice!

A great choice!!! Honestly they are fantastic and so so understanding about past situations..

we actually got linked with our little boy today and I cannot thank Barnardos enough they have truly done absolutely everything they can, our SW is absolutely fab too xx

I contacted Barnardos and was directed to my LA because I am looking for a 0-2 yr old. Are your adopted children 10 years plus?

No, LA have much younger children however via link maker there are still young children available.. with Barnardo’s you also get the chance to attend activity days where you can meet children or you’ll be invited to events where you can share your profile and meet social workers.

I felt my LA didn’t offer a lot after the child was placed unlike Barnardo’s they have professional therapists ect ect

We initially contacted our LA as we were interested in the 0-2 age range. However we did not get a good feeling from our LA eg they missed (forgot) about scheduled calls and it felt as if perhaps they were a little overstretched. This cast doubt on how supportive they would be given these constraints.

We had not considered Barnado's so appreciate the tip as we did not really give post placement support that much thought but will do so now as a result of your comments.

I have just emailed Barnado's to arrange a quick chat. Their website does say that they offer the Foster To Adopt AKA Early Permanence which is the method we are interested in as we have assumed it eliminates the need to place the child with other foster carers and that it mainly deals with babies and younger children (we could be wrong but i'm sure they will clarify when we speak to them).

If anyone has any other recommendations on Agencies that have an excellent track record for Foster To Adopt (AKA Concurrent Planning / Early Permanence) please do let us know.

Another agency was recommended to us - CORAM. However we emailed CORAM approx 5 weeks ago and despite chasing, we have sadly not had any response so we are unsure what the situation there is.

Thanks again for sharing...