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This service is provided for 12 to 18 year olds who do not live at home. It provides supported fostering placements Read More
Phone: 028 9504 0302
Peer support groups are run by Volunteer Coordinators – adoptive parents who are local members of Adoption UK and who provide encouragement, support and advice based on their own lived experience to adopters and prospective adopters. Adoption UK offers a range of services, support and information to the adoption community Read More
Phone: 028 9077 5211
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Adoption The Domestic Adoption Team, working with other Family & Child Care staff, is responsible for counselling birth parents about adoption and finding adoptive parents for children who, for whatever reason, cannot live with their birth families. The service includes: counselling preparation and training assessment of prospective adopters preparation and Read More
A systematic month-by-month programme on child development for parents from birth to five years. Lifestart helps people develop as parents. Our work focuses on the building blocks of child development: parent/child attachment, bonding and interaction, language development, play and most of all, love. Can be delivered by trained family visitors Read More
Phone: 028 7136 5363
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We support those from the adoption and Looked-After communities in Northern Ireland through services such as support groups, one to one support, counselling, a private tracing service and an intermediary service. We also provide a free tracing service (Regional Origins Tracing Service (ROTS)) to social workers working on behalf of Read More
Phone: 028 9045 4222
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Grace Womens Development Ltd is based in north Belfast and has been operating for the past 26 years. The Group operates from the City Council’s Ardoyne Community Centre. Ardoyne Women’s Group was established in 1984 as an initiative of local women who identified a need for a safe and nurturing Read More
Phone: 028 9074 3536
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Twins Trust is a charity set up to help all families with twins, triplets and more. From finding out you are expecting multiples to adulthood, Twins Trust is here for you and your family every step of your journey Twinline is open Monday to Friday from 10am to 1pm and Read More
Phone: +441252 332344
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Adoption UK is a national self help charity providing information, support, encouragement and training to prospective adopters, adoptive parents, long term foster carers and all those involved with them. The range of services include telephone helpline, Adoption Today, Local Support Groups, Contact Networks for parents, publication and information leaflets, training Read More
Phone: 028 9077 5211
We provide a youth-friendly, holistic health and well-being service where young people, aged 11-25, have opportunities to socialise and to get advice and support on a range of issues including drugs and alcohol, mental health, personal development and employability. We also offer the C-CARD initiative where we can provide 16-24 Read More
Action for Children’s Choices Family Support Service works with young people aged 10-17 years who are experiencing mental health/emotional well-being issues including anxiety, low mood, thoughts of life not worth living and low-level self-harm. Choices operates a family support model and so also works with parents/caregivers. All Choices work is Read More





