The partnership between the UK’s oldest children’s charity Coram and several local authorities, was launched in 2019 and aims to bring together expertise to match more children waiting to be adopted more quickly with their new adoptive families.
Slough Borough Council has become the ninth local authority to join the RAA which accepts adoption enquiries from across London and surrounding counties.
Recent reports by Coram show that the charity has seen enquiries from prospective adopters increase since the start of the pandemic, with a 16 per cent rise between March 2020 and February 2021 compared with the previous year.
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