Project: Four4adoption
Purpose: To boost recruitment of adoptive parents
Funding: The four authorities put in money from their 2013/14 adoption reform grant. Stockport put in £21,000 in quarter 1 and 2
Background: Smaller councils can struggle to recruit enough adoptive parents for the children in their care, which is why four authorities in the North West joined forces to launch a major recruitment drive. Stockport, Cheshire East, Trafford and Tameside pooled some of their adoption reform grant cash for 2013/2014 to fund the Four4adoption campaign.
Action: "Collaboration is definitely the way forward, particularly for small authorities," explains Sue Westwood, Stockport Council's service manager for family placement.
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