Statistics released by the First4Adoption service, which launched in January 2013 and became fully operational in April 2013, show that in its first year of operation, 94,752 individuals used the website and there were 2,196 calls to its information line.
The service’s annual report reveals that a total of 6,808 website visitors went on to directly contact an adoption agency, with evidence also emerging that some of these people have become approved adopters.
From a sample of 48 service users between April and July 2013, two (4.2 per cent) have already been approved as adopters and are waiting to be matched, and a further nine (18.8 per cent) are now prospective adopters and have started the stage two adoption assessment process.
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