It now takes six months to be approved for adoption in Rutland and Stamford as the government seeks to get more children into a new home.
Family Adoption Links serves 6 local authorities including Rutland, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Jane Thornton, who's an adoption and kinship advanced practitioner there, says a wide range of people can be considered as they seek to place children of different ages.
‘Yeah, we're always looking for more people and a lot of people think they're going to be excluded if they're not in a couple, if they're not the right age. But these days adoption is a lot more open. So we have a lot of single adopters. We have adopters from single sex partnerships. We have adopters that are a bit older, so maybe in their 40s. So some people think that might exclude them. And we have a number of children waiting for matches and we have more babies these days’.
Art Pop-Up at Stamford Rec today
Oil spillage in the centre of Stamford
Growers Row Open Day
Rutland Flower Club takes part in National Flower Arranging Day
RAF veteran fundraising for Combat Stress
Sunshine on Leith at Stamford Corn Exchange
The Little Book of Stamford (5th edition) launched
Event being held at Tesco in Oakham today
Improvements to Belvoir Ward
Fire danger during the summer months
Visitors get a chance to preview events at wildlife park
Oakham Town Band concerts throughout the the summer
