When life makes them feel like they don’t belong, together, we can show them they do.
With more than 100 years of experience at finding children forever families and supporting adults to make their family complete, we use our expertise as the UK’s largest voluntary adoption agency to provide tailored support which reflects your unique journey to adoption.
When you adopt with Barnardo’s, you’re not alone - you’re joining a warm and supportive family. Here, adopting is a team effort, and you can count on our dedicated community of adoptive parents and staff to be by your side every step of the way.
Get in touch with your local adoption team
Adoptionplus
We’ve joined together with Adoptionplus, an Ofsted rated ‘outstanding’ adoption agency which provides its families with access to therapeutic support whenever needed throughout childhood. Adoptionplus also provides Birth Relative Counselling, Training and Conference services, as well as a large range of trauma and attachment informed therapeutic adoption support services.
Who can adopt?
We welcome people from all walks of life and backgrounds. There are so many things about you that will help make you a great adoptive parent, but there are some practical things you need too.
Adoption process
Welcoming a child or young person into your life is an incredible thing to do - and a big decision to make. We'll make sure you have the information you need to work out if it's right for you and where you are in your life and what you can expect from the application process.
How can you tell when you’re ready to adopt?
We talked to parents who’ve adopted and experts from Barnardo’s and asked them for their advice on how you can tell when it’s the right time to adopt.