
History made as gay couple win prestigious national fostering award.
Paul and Michael Atwal-Brice were awarded The President’s Award at the annual Fostering Excellence Awards for their outstanding contribution to foster care.
Continue ReadingPaul and Michael Atwal-Brice were awarded The President’s Award at the annual Fostering Excellence Awards for their outstanding contribution to foster care.
Continue ReadingMatt and Trishun have fostered five children on short term placements, including children supported by the Barnardo’s BRICS and STEPS programme.
Continue ReadingIt’s 1999: local lawyer-slash-politician Hannah and her partner, coffee shop owner Jules, want a baby.
Continue ReadingMore hard-won rights eroded in major blow to child welfare Brits, take note. Human rights which can take a generation of campaigning and activism to win can be lost at the stroke of a pen. This week, an amendment to a funding bill in the US Congress not only allows government […]
Continue ReadingAnna Richardson has set tongues wagging by saying that she is “considering adoption” with her partner and fellow TV host Sue Perkins. Richardson, who appeared on yesterday’s Loose Women, said that she and Perkins were thinking about starting their “own little family”. Both Richardson and Perkins have been told that they […]
Continue ReadingA Christian NHS director sacked for speaking out against gay adoption has lost his legal bid to win his job back. 71-year-old Richard Page brought a religious discrimination case against the NHS Trust Development Authority. Mr Page was suspended as a director of the Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership […]
Continue ReadingA married Christian couple has been barred from adopting their two young foster children because they said a child needs a ‘mummy and daddy’ rather than gay parents.
Continue ReadingCustody and visitation no longer based solely on biology or adoption.
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