Public Law Working Group calls for reform of the adoption process and contact

The report calls for ‘a change in face-to-face contact between adopted children and birth families, with training and greater support and counselling for birth...

Published on 8 November 2024

We are no longer 'you and me, now we are 'us' - Juan and Miguel's story

Juan and Miguel have been together since December 2014 and married in October 2017. In March 2019 they left their home in Spain to move to the UK and set up home in Kent. The...

Published on 21 October 2024

Being a parent is such an amazing experience!

What brought you to the decision to adopt? Plenty of time considering our options as a same sex couple and deciding that morally adoption was the way we wanted to grow our family....

Published on 14 October 2024

National Adoption Week - 21-27 October 2024

A new survey commissioned by You Can Adopt the nationwide adopter recruitment programme, reveals there’s no such thing as a ‘normal’ family, according to 65 per cent of...

Published on 11 October 2024

'We can finally be the family we always wished for' - Diagrama Adopters M & B

What brought you to the decision to adopt?  We had been trying  for a baby for a number of years. Then after having a number of failed IVF sessions, we looked at...

Published on 10 October 2024

Diagrama Fostering and Adoption at Kent County Show

The show runs for three days at the Detling Showground in Maidstone and attracts about 80,000 people who had to brave rain, thunder and lightning, strong winds before the sun made...

Published on 20 September 2024

Fostering and Adoption Picnic

Each year we plan a picnic to give our team, our carers and the children we support a fun day out where they can develop new relationships and share their experiences. On Saturday...

Published on 16 September 2024

Families urgently needed to adopt children with additional needs

Diagrama joins forces with VAAs across the UK to find more adoptive parents for children who are waiting for a family. Children with additional needs wait an average of 11...

Published on 16 April 2024

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