Resources
Diversity
- CBeebies - Celebrating difference
- Big Issue - ‘Adopted identity is often invisible to society, like it’s something to be ashamed of. But it’s something to be proud of’
- Are you considering adopting one of the many children waiting the longest to be adopted? Listen to our #YouCanAdopt podcast, where @CarrieGrant1 and @DavidGrantSays talk with Kathryn and Adrian, who adopted three children with specific needs.
- Replenish Culture boxes - The primary mission is to bridge the gap by providing comprehensive and thoughtful hair and skin care boxes specially curate for black and mixed heritage children in care, adopted children and the wider community.
- The Black Care Experience has published the Black Care Directory, a consortium of business owners offering goods and services to support each other in raising and caring for Black children and young people. It provides information about hair salons & barbers, hair care & skin care guidance, where to purchase hair care & skin care products, books & magazines, book stores, and prints, stationery, cards & culture.
- Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations | Expressions of Self Animation 2
- Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations | Expressions of Self Animation 1
Podcast - A Life Less Ordinary: Adopting Children Who Wait Longest
Bringing up children in a multi-racial society
- Encouraging children to value diversity
- CBeebies - Black History Month
- How racism can affect child development (PDF, 455 KB)
- BBC News - Transracial adoption
- Experiences of transracial adoption
Disability
- Kids.org
- ILeap
- Entrust Care Partnership
- National Autism Society
- YouTube - BBC - My Autism and Me
- CBeebies - Does your child have special needs?
- Council for Disabled Children - Participation
- Action For Children - Families with disabled children
- Mencap - Support for parents and carers of children and young people
- GOV.UK - Help if you have a disabled child
- Did you know that children with a disability can wait 11 months longer to be adopted? Listen to our #YouCanAdopt podcast, where @DavidGrantSays and @CarrieGrant1 interview single dad Ben, who adopted six children with additional help needs.
Podcast - Adopting children with complex health needs and disabilities with Carrie and David Grant
LGBTQ+