The British Association for Adoption & Fostering (BAAF), the country’s leading charity for children separated from their birth parents, had a record year in 2013-14, by matching 1,023 children with adoptive families.
This is a significant jump from the previous year (2012-13), during which the organisation helped find families for approximately 700 children.
The increase is thought to be due to more children waiting to be adopted, coupled with the greatly improved adoption services throughout the UK. With particular reference to Scotland, 58 of the matches were achieved through the Adoption Register for Scotland whilst, Consortia matched 14.
Commenting on their record year, BAAF’s Interim Chief Executive, Barbara Hutchinson said: “This is tremendous news for the children whose lives will be turned around by moving into stable, loving adoptive families. BAAF is proud to have been able to play a major part in bringing this about.”
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