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So you want
to adopt?

So you want
to adopt?

So you want
to adopt?

Learn more about how to make it happen.

Learn more about how to make it happen.

Learn more about how to make it happen.

Learn more about adoption

Welcome to Adoption in Merseyside (AiM). A new regional adoption agency.

Paul

8 months old

Helen

12 years old

What is adoption?

Adopted children are unable to live with their birth families for many reasons and move to live permanently with a new family,

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Support we give you

Our team responds to the needs of children and their parents and a wide range of support.

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Who can adopt?

You will need to have a child-friendly lifestyle, provide a stable environment and be ready for the challenge and lifelong commitment.

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Searching in later life

Whether you want to access your adoption records or are a birth relative who wants to maintain contact, we can help.

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‘Keeping in touch’ is the new ‘contact’ for adoptive families

Most adoptive families and adopted people currently have contact with birth family members through letters on an annual basis.   However, research has shown that this isn’t enough.   Providing children with their birth history is invaluable, as they progress along their life journey.   Research from PAK-UK and The Big Consult 2023 showed that […]

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Growing Families Together – Adoption North West

Regional and Voluntary Adoption Agencies from across the North West have come together to develop the “Growing Families Together” campaign.   To deliver the campaign, Adoption Now, Adoption Counts, Together for Adoption, Adoption in Merseyside, Adoption Lancashire and Blackpool, Adoption Matters, and Caritas Care are working collaboratively under the name Adoption North West to support […]

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5 tips on Non Violent Resistance – A parenting presence

Our children need us to be there for them physically and emotionally.   Sometimes we can lose presence with our child when they sense we aren’t “really there.”  There could be all kinds of reasons – being ill, tired, or maybe your attention is focused on someone/something else. It might not even be for very […]

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