An important aspect of our work is that undertaken by the team of professional social workers in supporting and counselling pregnant women and their partners who are unsure about the future of their baby. This support may include practical help such as finding accommodation and helping to sort out financial difficulties. The counselling offered enables parents to come to an informed decision about the future of their baby. They may be given an opportunity to meet the adoptive couple if they wish. The children concerned are often in foster homes waiting for new parents.
Considerable support is offered to families who offer homes to children.
This support is available for as long as it is needed. Children come from very different religious, social and racial backgrounds and need to be placed with people who will respect and understand this. For this reason a wide range of people is needed to provide the qualities that best meet the individual needs of each child. This may include single people and divorced people, as well as those who are older, with grown-up families of their own. Our aims are to work with local churches on social issues - subjects such as the environment, unemployment, housing, poverty, race relations, disability, ageing and so on.