Parenting Web Guide
Special Interest Groups

Adoption & Fostering

• BAAF
  British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering
• Adoption UK
  Provides support, friendship and information to adoptive parents, prospective adopters and those involved with adoption
• OASIS
  Overseas Adoption Support and Information Service
• Overseas Adoption Helpline
  Independent, information and advice to anyone in the UK considering adopting a child from abroad, to adoptive families, adopted people and adoption professionals.
• Simply Fostering
  Simply Fostering is part of the recruitment effort to address the annual shortfall of 10,000 fostering families in the UK.

• Gingerbread
  Network of local self-help groups run by and for lone parents. Also a national advice line.
• National Council for One Parent Families
  Works to promote the welfare of lone parents and their children.
• It's Not Your Fault
  Advice for children whose parents have split.
• Shared Parenting Information Group
  To promote responsible shared parenting after separation and divorce.

• Disabled Parents Network
  A national network supporting disabled parents.
• Deaf Parenting Project
  Resources for deaf parents, the group is made up of parents and professionals.
• Disabled Parents
  Forum designed specifically for parents who are coping with disabilities.

• Disability Now
  Campaign Group for anyone interested in disabled issues.
• Contact a Family
  Support for families of disabled children.
• Special Kids in the UK
  Site for parents of special needs kids.
• The Henry Spink Foundation
  Provides information on conventional and complementary medicine, therapies and research for families of children with severe disabilities.
• AblePlay
  AblePlay provides authoritative toy ratings and reviews on toys for kids with special needs. A free service of the National Lekotek Center, AblePlay serves as a central source for finding and buying appropriate toys for children with special needs.

• Grandparents Plus
  Charity promoting the role of kinship care and care by grandparents at all levels - particularly in circumstances of family breakdown or single parenthood.

• Twins Online
  For parents of twins and twins themselves from pregnancy to school age and beyond.
• TAMBA
  Twins and Multiple Births Association.

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