Nursery World - Opinion: In my view - Children who need a family

During National Adoption Week, we launched NCH Black Families, an innovative adoption service set up to find safe and loving homes for children from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities across the UK.

We developed the service after NCH research carried out in 2003 foundthat for every prospective black or mixed-heritage adoptive home, thereare three children hoping to be chosen. To fill this gap we developed aservice whose main aim was to recruit adopters from BME communities byaddressing barriers such as language and ensuring that service staffreflect a diverse cultural range, so that potential adopters know theirheritage and background will be understood.

It is harder to recruit adopters from BME communities, partly becausethey think they aren't eligible to adopt and partly due to thereluctance of BME adults to approach social services departments. At NCHBlack Families we actively engage with all communities to overcome theseissues and encourage more people to adopt.

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