The Consortium
The South Coast Adoption Consortium was launched during National
Adoption Week in 1997. Originally, it comprised of the Borough
of Poole, Southampton City Council, West Sussex County Council
and the Isle of Wight Council. We were joined by Portsmouth City
Council in April 2000. The aim of the Consortium is to share our
resources and enable the five authorities to have a wide choice
of families for the children we need to place. It also provides
an opportunity for the member authorities to share their expertise
and enhance the services we offer to adoptive families and to
the children joining these families. In
the first three years that the Consortium ran, 40 children were
placed with families. We are looking for a wide range of families
to meet the individual needs of our children. The Consortium
is particularly interested in recruiting families for children
over the age of 2 years, sibling groups, children with special
needs, whether of an emotional, educational or disability base,
and children who have a minority ethnic heritage. Many of these
children will attract an adoption allowance and, because of
our collaborative working arrangements, the Consortium members
are able to offer packages of post adoption support to families
who may need extra help.
Individual member policy
statements
Poole
Isle of Wight
Southampton
West Sussex
Portsmouth
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