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Parents for Children
Unit 3
3 Angel Gate
326 City Road
London
EC1V 2PT
Tel: 020 7520 2880
Web: www.parentsforchildren.org.uk
Parents for Children is a charity that specialises in finding loving, caring families for children with exceptional needs. They work throughout the UK to find permanent homes for children who have profound emotional, learning or physical disabilities. Without Parents for Children's help, many of these children would otherwise remain in residential care or face many disruptive moves in the care system.
Parents for Children were the first UK agency to find permanent families for children with Down's syndrome and their specialist service is as vital today as it was when they began in 1976. The number of children who are waiting for a loving home has not diminished and amongst the 'children who wait' are some of the most vulnerable in our society.
Whilst their principal aim is to find permanent homes for vulnerable children, they also realise that there is a need for families who are able to offer foster care for children with complex needs.
They know too that the lives of many children are enhanced by offering short breaks to them and their families. Established in 1998, their short breaks scheme recognises the benefits of regular breaks to adopters, children in foster care and their carers, and disabled children and young people. The care offered ranges from providing a befriending role to offering children a weekend break in the carer's home or holiday accommodation.
At Parents for Children, they believe that every child deserves a family and that there is a family somewhere for almost every child.
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