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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Foster Care Fortnight™ starts on Mon, 11 May 2026. Find out more about this nationwide campaign, which is organised by The Fostering Network, in our blog post. Come to our Online Fostering Information Event on Wed, 20 May 2026. Link in blog post. #FCF26 sacsadopt.scot/blog/foster-...

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Foster Care Fortnight 2026

Foster Care Fortnight 2026 kicks off on 11 May. Learn more about fostering and join our free Online Fostering Information Event on 20 May.

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Cris Thacker is unable to take part in the 2026 EMF event (he had to defer from 2025 due to an injury). If you would like a refund, please email info@standrews-children.org.uk & supply the amount you donated, the date of your donation, how you paid & the name shown on the donation (if different).

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

In the latest issue of our newsletter you can read about when Stephen Small, our CEO, and some of our families met the Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise, Natalie Don-Innes at The Scottish Parliament during Adoption Week Scotland 2025. sacsadopt.scot/newsletter/s...

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St Andrew's Children's Society Spring 2026 Newsletter

Read about our families and Stephen Small, our CEO, meeting the Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise, Natalie Don-Innes.

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Our Easter Holiday Workshop is for children aged 8 to 12 and will take place in our Edinburgh office on 16 April 2026. Join us!

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

One of our adopters writes about her & her husband's adoption journey. She talks about the importance of sibling time for her adopted son & how she and her husband feel part of an extended, blended family. 🏠 Thank you to our adopter for sharing her story with us. sacsadopt.scot/blog/meant-t...

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Meant to be ours

An adopter talks about the importance of sibling time for her adopted son and how she and her husband feel part of an extended, blended family.

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

This month's blog post is all about helping our families save money. We've listed 19 money saving sites for care experienced children, young people and their adopters and foster carers. Some are open to everyone. Let us know if you have any more that we've missed! sacsadopt.scot/blog/money-s...

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Money saving sites for care experienced children, young people, adopters and foster carers

Save money using our money saving sites for care experienced children, young people, adopters and foster carers.

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

We've been awarded a grant by @therobertsontrust.bsky.social towards the costs of running our Adoption Support service over the next 5 years. We're committed to offering our families lifelong adoption support & this award will help us to continue to do that. Thanks so much to The Robertson Trust.

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

We raised over £5,000 at the Edinburgh Marathon Festival in May 2025 thanks to our remarkable supporters who ran on our behalf & everyone who so generously donated to their fundraising pages. Run for us in 2026 & help us raise even more money to support our families. sacsadopt.scot/edinburgh-ma...

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Edinburgh Marathon Festival

The Edinburgh Marathon Festival takes place 23 - 24 May 2026. Take part or donate to fundraise for St Andrew's Children's Society.

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

We'll get a £2 donation this month if you sign up to support us on @easyfundraising.bsky.social via their app! Raise for us for free when you shop this Christmas and get their app now. Thank you. www.easyfundraising.org.uk/easyfundrais...

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

We are pleased to share our Annual Review for 2024-2025 with you. Discover how we exceeded our adoption placement target, expanded our foster care service, and launched new support initiatives to help children and families across Scotland. sacsadopt.scot/annual-revie... #Adoption #Fostering

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St Andrew’s Children’s Society Annual Review 2024-2025

We are delighted to share our Annual Review for 2024-2025 with you.

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

We held our Kids Craft Group in our Aberdeen office this morning & we're delighted to share these photos of the beautiful creations that were made during our in-service day activity. Aren't they FABULOUS! Well done to everyone who took part. We hope you had a fun time. 🦋🎨 #adoptionsupport #aberdeen

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

The Promise Scotland was created after the findings from the Independent Care Review. Read about the new Plan 24-30 and our commitment to it in this blog post, which was written by Tracey Turnbull, one of our Service Managers. #ThePromiseScotland @thepromise.scot sacsadopt.scot/uncategorize...

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The Promise Scotland Update 2025

The Promise Scotland was created after the findings from the Independent Care Review. Read about the new Plan 24-30 and our commitment to it.

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

We're delighted to have received £25,000 in funding from @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk for our Voice Youth Workers Project. It will help us continue our work with our Voice Group for the next 2 years. Thank you to The National Lottery Community Fund and the National Lottery players. #NationalLottery

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

We had a lovely time at our Minibeasts and Crafts Session at the Winter Gardens in Duthie Park in Aberdeen yesterday. We hope our families enjoyed it too. 🍂 Many thanks to Rachel our Park Ranger! #duthiepark #Aberdeen

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

This Adoption Week Scotland, we are holding 7️⃣different adoption information events including these 3 ☑️ Virtual Adoption Information Evening for Single Prospective Parents ☑️ Virtual Concurrent Care Information Evening ☑️ Virtual Adopting Siblings Information Evening Sign up on Eventbrite now!

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

One of our solo adopters reflects on beginning their journey to adoption with St Andrew’s Children’s Society & why they know they are never alone. We're so grateful to our adopter for sharing their experience with us. Interested in adopting? Call us on 0131 454 3370 sacsadopt.scot/blog/solo-ad...

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Solo adopter? Yes, but most definitely not alone.

A solo adopter reflects on beginning their journey to adoption with St Andrew’s Children’s Society and why they know they are never alone.

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Great to see Debbie McDonald and Stephen Small talking about the national shortage of adopters and foster carers on the STV News last Friday. 🎬🎥 If you are thinking about adopting or fostering, please get in touch now. Call 01224 878158/0131 454 3370 or email info@standrews-children.org.uk #STV

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

On Sat, 28 Feb 2026, Brian, Lisa and Velga from our Aberdeen office will literally be walking on fire to fundraise for St Andrew's Children's Society when they do the Aberdeen Firewalk at the Aberdeen Science Centre! 🔥 JOIN THEM! See link in comments to do the challenge on 1 March 2026 & donate. ⬇️

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Today marks the start of @rememberacharity.bsky.social's Remember a Charity in Your Will Week and we are delighted to be taking part in this important nationwide campaign for the first time. #ThanksTo #RememberACharityWeek www.rememberacharity.org.uk/find-a-chari...

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St. Andrew’s Children’s Society – Remember a Charity

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Are you a care experienced adult (16+ years) or the supporter of a care experienced child/adult in Scotland (e.g. adoptive parent, kinship carer, foster parent, residential carers)? This Edinburgh Uni Siblings Café event on 5 Sept 2-4pm might interest you. edinburgh.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

We are launching our new fundraising campaign today - We won't stop until every child feels safe and loved. This blog post will tell you how we came about the idea for the new fundraising campaign as a team & what we want to achieve. #fundraising #adoption #fostering sacsadopt.scot/blog/we-wont...

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We won’t stop until every child feels safe and loved

"We won't stop until every child feels safe and loved" is our new fundraising campaign. Help us give our children the vital support they need.

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

This is Bruce, one of our fantastic adopters and he's doing the Tour O The Borders on 7 Sept 2025 to try to raise £1,000 for St Andrew's Children's Society. 📣 It's 120 km! 🚵‍♂️ Please, help Bruce reach his fundraising target. Click on the link in the next post to donate to his Just Giving page. Thanks.

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Have you checked the events page on our website lately? We have lots of excellent support events lined up. These are just a few of them. 📅 If you would like to sign up for any of our events, please call 0131 454 3370 or email info@standrews-children.org.uk. sacsadopt.scot/events/

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Did you know that the Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) offers support for care experienced students? You can check below what support you or someone you know may be eligible to receive. www.saas.gov.uk/files/468/sa...

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

A family share their adoption journey, right from why adoption was right for them, to their son sleeping in his bed in their home. We help people to adopt & foster who live within 60 miles of Edinburgh, Aberdeen & Elgin. Contact us to find out more. Details in bio. sacsadopt.scot/blog/our-ado...

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Our adoption journey

A family share their adoption journey, right from why adoption was right for them, to their son sleeping in his bed in their home.

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Bruce is one of our adopters and he's taking part in the Tour O The Borders in September. He'll be cycling a staggering 120km in one day to help raise money for us. We are so grateful to Bruce for taking on this massive challenge for us. Donate to his page here www.justgiving.com/page/bruce-r...

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Bruce's fundraiser for St Andrew's Children's Society

Help Bruce Raimondo raise money to support St Andrew's Children's Society

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Come to our next Walk n Talk n Play in Glasgow on 6 July 2025 from 11am until 1pm. Please call 0131 454 3370 or email info@standrews-children.org.uk if you'd like to join us and we'll let you know where we're meeting. 🗺️ #adoptionsupport #fosteringsupport #scotland sacsadopt.scot/events/walk-...

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Walk n Talk n Play in Glasgow

Come to our outdoors Walk n Talk n Play event for primary school aged children and their adoptive parents and foster carers.

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Why come to our Edinburgh summer picnic? 1️⃣It's going to be a great afternoon for all the family. 🏠 2️⃣It's a great opportunity to speak to other families. 3️⃣Think Circus will be there again. 🎪 4️⃣We'll also be playing some fun parachute games. 5️⃣Everyone loves a picnic! 🥪 sacsadopt.scot/events/edinb...

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Edinburgh summer picnic 2025

Think Circus will be sharing their circus skills at our our Edinburgh summer picnic again on 1 Aug 2025. It's going to be fun!

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Hankies at the ready folks ready! Thank you to our adopter who wrote this very moving blog post about how she felt meeting her daughter for the first time & what happened during the week that followed. Thinking about adopting? Call 0131 454 3370. #Adopt #Scotland sacsadopt.scot/blog/the-day...

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The days that changed our lives…forever

One of our adopters talks about how she felt meeting her daughter for the first time and what happened during the week that followed.

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Calling all... ✅ Psychologists ✅ Psychiatrists ✅ Social Workers ✅ Clinical Counsellors ✅ Marriage & Family Therapists ✅ School Counsellors ✅ Play Therapists ✅ Infant Mental Health Professionals This training was made for you. 🎈🧒 Book up now! #Theraplay #Scotland sacsadopt.scot/events/level...

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Level One Theraplay and MIM training and one-day Group training November 2025

Level One Theraplay, MIM training and one-day Group training suitable for psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, clinical counsellors, play therapists and others.

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

We're looking forward to being at Pride Edinburgh this coming Saturday. 🏳️‍🌈 Come and join us on our stall in McEwan Hall if you’re thinking about adopting or fostering and we can answer any questions you have. We’ll be there from 12.30pm to 5pm. #PrideEdinburgh sacsadopt.scot/events/edinb...

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Edinburgh Pride 2025

We are looking forward to Edinburgh Pride on Saturday, 21 June 2025. Come to our stall in the McEwan Hall. Ask us about fostering or adopting

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

We were excited to test our new Ooni Pizza Oven, which Ooni donated to us. Our pizzas were incredible! 🍕 We're looking forward to using it to make pizzas at future adoption and fostering support events for our families. Thank you Ooni from everyone at St Andrew's Children's Society. #ooni

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

In Scotland, children of Black , Asian and other diverse ethnicities wait longer for an adoptive family than other children. St Andrew’s Children’s Society is among 21 VAAs from across the UK who have together created this new guide to try to change that. #CVAA sacsadopt.scot/resource/cva...

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Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies – Guide

The CVAA has published a useful guide for Adopters Adopting children of Black and other diverse ethnicities

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Charlie Egan was on BBC Scotland Reporting Scotland News at Seven last night talking about what Voluntary Adoption Agencies in the UK are doing to try to attract more adopters for children of Black, Asian and other diverse ethnicities. The interview starts at 11:17. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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Reporting Scotland - News at Seven: 10/06/2025

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Here are just some of the wonderful people who took part in the @edinburghmarathon.bsky.social at the weekend to fundraise for us. We are so grateful to them and everyone else who took part and donated. 🏃💷 Please consider donating if you haven't yet. Thank you. ⬇️ www.justgiving.com/campaign/sta...

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

We are committed to providing our families with lifelong support. As a voluntary adoption and fostering agency, we rely on fundraising to cover the cost of this essential support. Please consider supporting one of our fundraisers 🎽@edinburghmarathon.bsky.social www.justgiving.com/campaign/sta...

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Edinburgh Marathon Festival 2025

On 24th & 25th May 2025 St Andrew's Children's Society employees, families & supporters will be taking part in the iconic Edinburgh Marathon Festival 2025 (EMF) to raise money to support our incredibl...

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

What make a foster carer? Paul, who was fostered through St Andrew's Children's Society as a child and is now an adult, tells us. sacsadopt.scot/blog/what-ma...

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What makes a good foster carer

What make a foster carer? Paul, who was fostered through St Andrew's Children's Society as a child and is now an adult, tells us.

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Have you been thinking about fostering for a while now? Come to our Virtual Fostering Information Event. There won't be any pressure to take it further if you decide it's not right for you or not the right time. Please sign up on Eventbrite. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/virtual-fo... #FCF #Scotland

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Virtual Fostering Information Event

Join us for our Virtual Fostering Information Event on Thurs, 22 May 2025 from 6pm to 7.30pm which takes place during Foster Care Fortnight

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

School transitions are difficult for all children, but for children from adoptive and fostering families, starting school, moving school and beginning high school will be much harder. Our next school transition workshop is on 8 May. Find out more on our website. sacsadopt.scot/events/settl...

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Settling to Learn: Primary School Virtual Workshop May 2025

Our Settling to Learn: Primary School Virtual Workshops are for our families with children starting and moving primary school.

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

One of our foster carers will be joining us at our Virtual Fostering Information Event and they will be happy to tell you about their experiences of fostering and answer your questions. Sign up on Eventbrite now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/virtual-fo...

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Virtual Fostering Information Event

Join us for our Virtual Fostering Information Event on Thurs, 22 May 2025 from 6pm to 7.30pm which takes place during Foster Care Fortnight

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

This is just a wee reminder that Brian and Julie, two of our Senior Practitioners, will discuss Adolescence and Identity with fostered/adopted young people in our Virtual Parents Community for under 13s on Monday, 28 April. This event is for parents of teens too. sacsadopt.scot/events/virtu...

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Virtual Parents Community for under 13s April 2025

Our Virtual Parents Community for under 13s group is for our adoption and fostering families who are parenting children up to 12 years old.

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Adoption - what is it really like? Hear from one of our adopters first hand in this month's blog post. If you would like to speak to someone about adopting, please call 0131 454 3370 or email info@standrews-children.org.uk. We need adopters now! #adopt #scotland sacsadopt.scot/blog/adoptio...

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Adoption – what is it really like?

An adopter shares his adoption story after adopting his son with his wife and why he thinks being a parent is the best job in the world.

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

We are delighted to receive this super feedback from @suzannezeedyk.bsky.social for our latest blog post on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Adoption which was written by Julie Arbuckle, one of our Senior Practitioners.

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Today marks the start of LGBTQ+ Adoption & Fostering Week 2025, which is organised by @newfamilysocial.bsky.social. This year's campaign will focus on encouraging more LGBTQ+ people to change lives in 2025, through adoption or fostering. newfamilysocial.org.uk/ChangeLivesI... #ChangeLivesIn25

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New Family Social - 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️LGBTQ+ Adoption & Fostering Week 2025

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Next week is @newfamilysocial.bsky.social's LGBTQ+ Adoption and Fostering Week and in this video one of our adopters tells us what he likes about being a Dad. Would you like to adopt or foster? Come to our Virtual LGBTQ+ Adoption and Fostering Week Information Event on 6 March from 6pm to 7.30pm.

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Next week is the start of @newfamilysocial.bsky.social's annual LGBTQ+ Adoption & Fostering Week. We're happy to be taking part in the campaign again. 🏳️‍🌈 Hear from one of our LGBTQ+ adopters who'll talk about their experiences and answer questions. sacsadopt.scot/events/virtu... #ChangeLivesIn25

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Virtual LGBTQ+ Adoption and Fostering Week Information Event 2025

Come to our Virtual LGBTQ+ Adoption and Fostering Week Information Event on Thurs, 6 Mar 2025 6pm to 7.30pm. Please register on Eventbrite.

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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

We are pleased to let you know that we received a Very Good rating for our Adoption service from our latest Care Inspectorate inspection and a Good rating for our fostering service. ✅ View the full reports on the @careinspectorate.bsky.social website. www.careinspectorate.com/index.php/ca...

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