Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Adoption Service

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Adoption Service Regional Adoption Agency for Cambridgeshire & Peterborough

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Adoption is a Regional Adoption Agency for Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council responsible for providing a range of Adoption and Adoption Support Services including special guardianship support across both Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

Caring for a looked-after child transforms both your life and theirs. As LGBTQ+ people, you know what it means to develo...
06/03/2026

Caring for a looked-after child transforms both your life and theirs.

As LGBTQ+ people, you know what it means to develop your identity and navigate sharing information about yourself with others. You know what it’s like to just want to be yourself and to be loved for who you are. How it is to feel different or outside the majority. As a community, the LGBTQ+ community is well-placed to help adopted children and those in foster care navigate the reality of their lives. It can be a real strength to relate to what it feels like to be adopted or fostered and what it feels like to be ‘different’. We recognise the resilience and determination and the challenges that you have overcome. The law protects you and we will welcome you.

If you know you have a lot of love to give and would like to help children who need loving homes, and adoption or fostering seem like routes to go down to start a family, please get in touch for a friendly and informal chat.

☎️ Call us: 0300 123 1093
✉️ Email us: [email protected]
👉 Enquire now: https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/adoption-form

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LGBTQ+ and over 40? Wondering if you can adopt or foster? We hear you!Don’t let either of these prevent you from explori...
05/03/2026

LGBTQ+ and over 40? Wondering if you can adopt or foster? We hear you!

Don’t let either of these prevent you from exploring adoption or fostering a child. Neither age nor sexuality is a barrier to adoption or fostering. The law protects you from any discrimination.

What matters to a child or young person is coming into a home where they are loved and feel loved. That’s what our children are looking for. Not stereotypes or labels.

If you are interested in finding out more, you don’t need to figure it all out on your own.

• Attend an online information session (no obligation)
• Speak to our friendly fostering/adoption teams
• Connect with other single LGBTQ+ adopters or foster carers

☎️ Call us: 0300 123 1093
✉️ Email us: [email protected]
ow: https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/adoption-form

New Family Social

Thinking you can’t adopt or foster if you are single and LGBTQ+?We’ve got you. Neither is a barrier to adopting a child ...
04/03/2026

Thinking you can’t adopt or foster if you are single and LGBTQ+?

We’ve got you.

Neither is a barrier to adopting a child or being a foster parent. In the UK, you can adopt or foster if you are:

• Single
• In a relationship (married or unmarried)
• LGBTQ+ (including trans and non-binary)

As a single LGBTQ+ person, you could still be the right family for a child who needs a home.

There is no requirement to be in a couple, and no rule that says you must be heterosexual.

What’s more important are qualities like caring, empathy, patience and being able to provide a safe, stable, loving home.

you, and you’d like to chat about adoption or fostering, please get in touch.

☎️ Call us: 0300 123 1093
✉️ Email us: [email protected]
uire now: https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/adoption-form

New Family Social

Wondering if you can adopt or foster if you are LGBTQ+? It’s completely normal to feel uncertain. Deciding to foster or ...
03/03/2026

Wondering if you can adopt or foster if you are LGBTQ+?

It’s completely normal to feel uncertain. Deciding to foster or adopt is a big decision. Especially if you’re LGBTQ+. A lot of people assume they won’t be eligible or that it will be “harder” for them.

Currently 1 in 5 adoptions in England (2024/25 data) are to LGBTQ+ families.

The facts are these: you may be able to adopt or foster a child if you’re aged 21 or over (there’s no upper age limit) and either single / married/ in a civil partnership/ an unmarried couple (whether of the same or different gender).

LGBTQ+ people:
✨ Can adopt
✨ Can foster
✨ Can parent
✨ Can provide incredible homes

If you want to have a chat to find out more, please get in touch.

☎️ Call us: 0300 123 1093
✉️ Email us: [email protected]
👉 Enquire now: https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/adoption-form

New Family Social

🌈 It’s LGBTQ+ Adoption & Fostering Week🌈This week is about visibility, possibility, and challenging outdated myths.Too o...
03/03/2026

🌈 It’s LGBTQ+ Adoption & Fostering Week🌈

This week is about visibility, possibility, and challenging outdated myths.
Too often, LGBTQ+ people are told — directly or indirectly - that adoption and fostering “aren’t for them.”

That simply isn’t true. Across the UK and beyond, LGBTQ+ individuals and couples are not only welcomed — they are needed.

Many children are waiting for safe, loving homes. What they need most isn’t a specific gender, sexuality, or family structure. They need stability. Care. Commitment. Love.

LGBTQ+ people:
✨ Can adopt
✨ Can foster
✨ Can parent
✨ Can provide incredible homes

This week is an opportunity to:
✔️ Challenge misconceptions
✔️ Share real stories
✔️ Encourage conversations
✔️ Show that love makes a family

If you’ve ever wondered whether adoption or fostering is possible for you - it is. Let’s use this week to break down barriers and open doors.

☎️ Call us: 0300 123 1093
✉️ Email us: [email protected]
👉 Enquire now: https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/adoption-form

New Family Social

Adoption is a wonderful reminder that every child deserves a safe, loving home where they can grow, dream, and thrive.Wh...
07/01/2026

Adoption is a wonderful reminder that every child deserves a safe, loving home where they can grow, dream, and thrive.

Whether through birth or adoption, what truly matters is the unconditional love that binds a family together.

Interested in adopting?

👉 Find out more at our website (link in bio)

Get in touch.

• Telephone 0300 123 1093
• Email us - [email protected]
• Make an enquiry - www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/adoption-form

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School's back! New term, new beginnings. Maybe it's also the time you want to start a new chapter? If you live in Camb...
05/01/2026

School's back! New term, new beginnings.

Maybe it's also the time you want to start a new chapter?

If you live in Cambridgeshire or Peterborough, and you are considering adoption in 2026, we are your Regional Adoption Agency, and we'd love to hear from you.

Our mission is to find the right family for children in our region who are in need of a .

If you could welcome a little one or two into your home and heart, please fill in our online form and we will give you a call at a time that suits you. We are a friendly bunch and will treat your enquiry with complete confidence, helping you understand more about adoption so you can make informed choices.

• Telephone 0300 123 1093
• Email us - [email protected]
• Make an enquiry - www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/adoption-form

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Happy New Year! 2026 could be the year you make a difference to a child's life. Adoption offers a stable, supportive env...
01/01/2026

Happy New Year!

2026 could be the year you make a difference to a child's life. Adoption offers a stable, supportive environment for children who may have experienced difficult circumstances in their early life.

Your journey could start on 2 January 2026.

• Telephone 0300 123 1093
• Email us - [email protected]
• Make an enquiry - www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/adoption-form

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As you reflect on 2025 and look forward to 2026, could you change someone's future? There are lots of children across o...
30/12/2025

As you reflect on 2025 and look forward to 2026, could you change someone's future?

There are lots of children across our region who are in need of a loving family. Make a positive impact to a child's life today and get in touch.

Lots of people can adopt, you just need to be over 21 and have space in your heart and home for a child or sibling group.

If you’ve ever thought about adoption — now is the time. You could change a child’s life forever 🫶

• Telephone 0300 123 1093
• Email us - [email protected]
• Make an enquiry - www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/adoption-form

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We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas from everyone at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Regional Adoption ...
25/12/2025

We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas from everyone at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Regional Adoption Agency.

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Next could look very different...Have you been thinking about adoption? Could you open your heart and offer a permanen...
24/12/2025

Next could look very different...

Have you been thinking about adoption? Could you open your heart and offer a permanent home to a child who needs love and stability? Start the conversation with us today and, by next year, you could be giving and receiving the best Christmas present of all - a new family.

Please contact our friendly team for a chat.

• Telephone 0300 123 1093
• Email us - [email protected]
• Make an enquiry - www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/adoption-form

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These simple lines, from Laurence Binyon’s poem ‘For the fallen’, capture how we’re feeling today. They went with songs...
11/11/2025

These simple lines, from Laurence Binyon’s poem ‘For the fallen’, capture how we’re feeling today.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted;
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

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5 George Street
Huntingdon
PE293AD

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Monday 9am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 5:30pm
Thursday 9am - 5:30pm
Friday 9am - 5:30pm

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