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Post by pirate on Apr 28, 2015 20:11:38 GMT
i was on social media the other evening, and this came up - Adopt South west
new collective of councils & adoption charities making the adoption process easier it says!
my questions are: because we are out of the catchment area - would our process through them involve our local authorities still?
any thoughts?
thank you lots
pirate
xxxx
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Post by moo on Apr 29, 2015 5:47:15 GMT
No I don't think so pirate....
I have heard of neighbouring l/a's being keen to asses & approve adopters...... this is because they often have children that need to be placed outside the catchment iyswim..... They would asses you themselves.... they would contact your last l/a..... In my experience l/a's love determination & resolute potential adopters ... They can see that you are still hanging in working on the areas the previous ( wallies  ) took issue with , that is all in your favour....
Go for it   
Often l/a's have totally differing views & a different l/a may think your previous ones as big a wally as us!?!?!  Enough time has passed you are still knocking on the door.... Your time could be now xx
Good Luck
Keep Us Posted xxx
Xx moo xx
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Post by kstar on Apr 29, 2015 18:17:49 GMT
Our LA is part of the Yorkshire and the Humber consortium, which is supposed to make it easier for adopters. I know they work with neighbouring LAs to run prep courses, but otherwise I can't say I noticed any difference!
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Post by pirate on Apr 29, 2015 20:38:52 GMT
Thank you Moo & Kstar.
I will fill the form in over the weekend.
I licked my wounds, cried lots & thought lots! Lol perhaps Im boring in l/a eyes!
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Post by chotimonkey on Apr 30, 2015 8:57:42 GMT
We were in a consortium, I think things happened marginally more quickly during approval because there were more prep groups/ training days we could go to.
Think like it's been said they like it as they can place in house (more cheaply) out of borough
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Post by caledonia on May 6, 2015 10:58:38 GMT
The LA I was approved with was in a consortium but it made no difference to me as I was matched with my two who came from same LA as me as their birth parents have moved out of the LA.
Good luck
Cale
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Post by vickyvixen on May 25, 2015 20:21:13 GMT
They've made such a big thing about this over the weekend and I'm really not sure it will make any difference. LAs already work within consortiums. The cynic in me feels they know the latest stats are shocking and need to be seen to be doing something about it. To those who don't know this could be an answer...
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Post by pingu on Jun 11, 2015 19:04:51 GMT
According to the gov.uk site ,( cant get the link to copy and paste) the number of matched children has increased by. 26 per cent in 2014 ,
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) took issue with , that is all in your favour....
Enough time has passed you are still knocking on the door.... Your time could be now xx
