There are many reasons why you should adopt with us and our agencies will be there to support you in your journey. Here are some of the statistics which highlight the number of children who are waiting for adoption across the North West.

*The statistics refer to children with either a local authority plan of adoption and/or placement order and have not yet been ‘placed for adoption’. They were last updated in March 2025.

Rachael and Paul

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Rachael and Paul adopted three children through the early permanence route to adoption. Read Rachael and Paul’s story

Craig and Daniel

Craig and Daniel adopted their daughter at 9 weeks old through Early Permanence
Read Craig and Daniel’s story

Arfaan and Sadia

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Arfaan and Sadia adopted three brothers through the Early Permanence route to adoption. Read Arfaan and Sadia’s story

Tom and Steph

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Tom and Steph adopted their son at seven days old.

Read Tom and Steph’s story

Adoption North West is a collaboration of all regional and voluntary adoption agencies from across the area, working together to find loving homes for children across the North West.