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Adoption drive launches amid shortage of registered adopters

1 min read Social Care
A national campaign has been launched to tackle the "unprecedented decline" in adoption rates, as figures reveal there are more children waiting to be adopted than there are prospective adopters.
The campaign aims to show the positives of adopting. Picture: You Can Adopt
The campaign aims to show the positives of adopting. Picture: You Can Adopt

Latest data highlighted by Freuds+ shows there was a 14% increase in children needing an adoptive family compared to 2022/23, but that the number of children placed with an adoptive family fell 15% in the last quarter. 

In response to the decline, which is a long-term trend, You Can Adopt, a nationwide adopter recruitment programme run by Adoption UK, has launched a campaign to encourage people to adopt.

According to the campaign, nine in 10 prospective adopters have said that the cost-of-living crisis has heightened their anxieties about finding the right time to start a family.

Adoption UK recently warned that adoptees of all ages are being let down by services across the country, but teenagers are the worst affected.

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