Scotland’s Adoption Register is currently recruiting to the post of Administration and Communications Coordinator. The post holder will be working 28 hours per week over 4 days with the days of work to be decided. The post holder will work…
Scotland’s Adoption Register will be holding its second Adoption Exchange Day of the year on Wednesday 29th June in Stirling. Referral forms for agencies and adopters have been sent out by email to key contacts. The event is open to…
The Scottish Government have developed a survey and are currently inviting views from anyone who has been affected by historical adoption in Scotland, particularly between the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Quoted directly from their website: “In June 2021, the First…
Scotland’s Adoption Register will be holding an Adoption Activity Day on Saturday the 19th of March in Perth but will be paying close to attention to government guidelines on social events at the time. We will be contacting agencies about…
Scotland’s Adoption Register’s annual report for 20-21 has now been published and is available to view online here. The report covers the headline achievements of the Register during a year dominated by the pandemic as well as the publication of…
The results of an awareness survey circulated by SAR in April 2021 have now been published and are available to view here The survey sought the views and opinions of agency staff on what they would like to see the…
After the success of our first family finding forum in June, we will be holding our second online forum on Wednesday 15th September 2021 10am-12 noon. The forum is intended for those practitioners working in family finding teams and we…
We are very happy to announce that in February 2021 Scotland’s Adoption Register recorded its 700th match of a child through our family finding services. The match was made through one of our Webinar events where prospective adopters had the…
Scotland’s Adoption Register were proud to support this year’s Adoption Week Scotland on 16th-20th November hosted by AUK Scotland and AFA Scotland. The themes for this year were sibling relationships, supporting the Stand Up For Siblings campaign, FASD support for…
We are pleased to publish our latest guidance to be used in preparation for our upcoming webinar event, due to take place at the beginning of September. Due to the current crisis, the Register will not be able to hold…
Scotland’s Adoption Register is delighted to share this post from Stand Up For Siblings about the amendments to the Children (Scotland) Bill. The Register welcomes the emphasis on siblings being placed together and where they are separated, being supported to…
Following the Government’s advice about how best to respond to the Coronavirus outbreak, Scotland’s Adoption Register staff are now working from home. We can still be reached in all the usual ways for advice and support, with our phone lines…
