The National Adoption Service promotes and supports best practice in adoption across Wales. If you're thinking of adopting or simply want more information, you're in the right place.
There are many children who need adoptive families in Wales.
The adoption process can be a long and emotional road, but the reward at the end makes it all worthwhile. Do your research, speak to the right people and be prepared. Once you understand each step in the adoption process, you’ll be able to enjoy your journey. And you won’t be making it alone. There's always help at hand.
We asked Ben what the adoption process was like for him as an adopter.
This is what he had to say..
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"When I first enquired about adopting I really didn't know anything about what an adopter needed."
"As a single parent adopter, I assumed that social services would be concerned with my finances but it really wasn't the case at all."
"I wasn't made to feel like I didn't have enough or couldn't give enough."
"What you really need to be able to do is offer a secure and loving home to a child and if you can do that then you will be considered for adoption."
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"You need to give a child a lot of love, affection and attention. Make sure you nurture that child. A child doesn't want materialistic things. That child wants to know that it's loved and you're there for them and will keep them safe."
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"Your life changes and that's why we did it. We wanted that. We wanted a family."
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"Before we started the adoption process, I had the perception that adopters were some sort of super parents, but quickly realised that isn't what the service is looking for at all. To be an adopter you need to be able provide the routine, stability and patience a child needs."
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"There are children out there who need mums and dads and we were a couple who wanted to become mum and dad"
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"We have found it hard, but our two have given us the family we'd always wanted. And we'd do it again."
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"Taking on three children at the same time is daunting, but it brought me incredible joy."
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"Our son's delay is a challenge without a doubt, but it's part of what makes him who he is. I wouldn't change him for the world."
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"Being adopted is insignificant to me. But my parents mean everything."
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"We're going to be really good dads and give our son an amazing life."
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"I never really wanted to talk about being adopted before because the time wasn't right. Now I'm happy to tell everyone how amazing my upbringing has been. I'm older and wiser and I look back on my life and realise how magical and fantastic it has been."
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"Adoption is not easy, but at the end you have a family of your own." Scott and Amanda chose adoption and now have two wonderful children.
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"Our birth son helped us through that process as well, helped us realise that families are made up in all different ways, all different stages and different types, and this was just how our family was going to be made up"
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