Adoption help and support
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You Said, We Did: How Your Feedback Is Shaping YAA
"We're committed to listening, learning, and making meaningful improvements based on the feedback...
The Placement Stage: Preparing for Life as an Adoptive Family
Placement is the point where preparation turns into real‑life change. This stage is about helping...
New advice guide from adopters: Understanding Adoption via Early Permanence
YAA have joined forces with voluntary adoption agencies across the UK to launch an advice guide...
Matching and Adoption Panel: How Decisions Are Made — and Why Care Matters
One of the most important stages of adoption is matching a child with the right family. This...
Government Issues Formal Apology for Historical Forced Adoption
Yesterday, the UK Government issued a formal public apology to those affected by historical forced...
Adoption Assessment: What really happens and what families often worry about
The adoption assessment is often the most daunting part of the process — but it’s also one of the...
Thinking About Adoption? Here’s Where the Journey Really Begins
If you’re thinking about adoption, you’re not alone — and you don’t need to have all the answers...
Take Action This Mental Health Awareness Week
Action: for yourself, for someone else, for all of us As the organisation’s Mental Health...
Yorkshire Adoption Agency partners with SACMHA to strengthen adoption awareness in Sheffield’s Black communities
We’re excited to announce an important new partnership between Yorkshire Adoption Agency (YAA) and SACMHA Health & Social Care—one that will help us build stronger, more meaningful adoption conversations within Sheffield’s African, Caribbean and Black communities.