Links and Other Resources
Acts of Parliament
www.hmso.gov.uk/acts.htm
Department of Health
Government agencies and departments Department of Health
www.doh.gov.uk/adoption (official site plus lots of information sheets and leaflets)
Court Service - forms and leaflets
www.courtservice.gov.uk
Legal Services Commission
www.legalservices.gov.uk
Lord Chancellor's Department
www.open.gov.uk/lcd
Essex County Council - Adoption
Essex adoption site - similar sites exist under each Local Authority
www.essexcc.gov.uk/health_ss/ess/social/adoption
Registrar General
Registrar General Adoption Section Smedley Hydro, Trafalgar Road, Southport, Merseyside PR8 2HH
Delia Venables
(a huge site with links to solicitors and other organisations)
www.venables.co.uk
Law Society Directory
(for Children Panel search under specialisations : child care)
www.solicitors-on-line.com
Adoption Net
News and info site
www.adoption-net.co.uk
British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering
Help and advice
www.baaf.org.uk
Childrens Legal Centre
(advice for children in care)
www2.essex.ac.uk/clc
Family Finders
Family Finders a typical organisation linking adopters with children, particularly for Essex families
12 Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0HU. Tel: 01245 351567