You can adopt if you're:
- 25 or over (unless you're adopting a relative)
- single
- married
- in a civil partnership
- a parent already (either through birth or earlier adoption)
- an unmarried couple in a long relationship (you can apply to adopt together)
We do not discriminate on the grounds of:
- marital status
- income level
- whether you own your own home
- whether you have children or not
- sexuality
- religion
- ethnic origin
- disability
We may give priority to you if you can care for:
- older children
- siblings
- children with a varied range of needs
- children with different cultural, ethnic or religious backgrounds and needs
We’ll carefully consider how you can meet a child’s needs and whether you match the ethnic and cultural background of the child, whilst making sure that the child is placed in a home as soon as possible.
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