St Andrew's Children's Society

We held our Kids Craft Group in our Aberdeen office this morning & we're delighted to share these photos of the beautiful creations that were made during our in-service day activity. Aren't they FABULOUS!
Well done to everyone who took part. We hope you had a fun time. 🦋🎨
#adoptionsupport #aberdeen

The Promise Scotland Update 2025 The Promise Scotland was created after the findings from the Independent Care Review. Read about the new Plan 24-30 and our commitment to it.

The Promise Scotland was created after the findings from the Independent Care Review. Read about the new Plan 24-30 and our commitment to it in this blog post, which was written by Tracey Turnbull, one of our Service Managers.

#ThePromiseScotland @thepromise.scot

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We're delighted to have received £25,000 in funding from @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk for our Voice Youth Workers Project. It will help us continue our work with our Voice Group for the next 2 years.

Thank you to The National Lottery Community Fund and the National Lottery players.
#NationalLottery

We had a lovely time at our Minibeasts and Crafts Session at the Winter Gardens in Duthie Park in Aberdeen yesterday. We hope our families enjoyed it too. 🍂

Many thanks to Rachel our Park Ranger!

#duthiepark #Aberdeen

This Adoption Week Scotland, we are holding 7️⃣different adoption information events including these 3

☑️ Virtual Adoption Information Evening for Single Prospective Parents

☑️ Virtual Concurrent Care Information Evening

☑️ Virtual Adopting Siblings Information Evening

Sign up on Eventbrite now!

Solo adopter? Yes, but most definitely not alone. A solo adopter reflects on beginning their journey to adoption with St Andrew’s Children’s Society and why they know they are never alone.

One of our solo adopters reflects on beginning their journey to adoption with St Andrew’s Children’s Society & why they know they are never alone. We're so grateful to our adopter for sharing their experience with us.

Interested in adopting? Call us on 0131 454 3370

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Great to see Debbie McDonald and Stephen Small talking about the national shortage of adopters and foster carers on the STV News last Friday. 🎬🎥

If you are thinking about adopting or fostering, please get in touch now. Call 01224 878158/0131 454 3370 or email info@standrews-children.org.uk

#STV

Aberdeen Firewalk 2026 On Saturday, 28 Feb 2026, Brian, Lisa and Velga from our Aberdeen office will literally be walking on fire to fundraise for St Andrew's Children's Society when they do the Aberdeen Firewalk at the Abe...

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On Sat, 28 Feb 2026, Brian, Lisa and Velga from our Aberdeen office will literally be walking on fire to fundraise for St Andrew's Children's Society when they do the Aberdeen Firewalk at the Aberdeen Science Centre! 🔥

JOIN THEM! See link in comments to do the challenge on 1 March 2026 & donate. ⬇️

Today marks the start of @rememberacharity.bsky.social's Remember a Charity in Your Will Week and we are delighted to be taking part in this important nationwide campaign for the first time.

#ThanksTo #RememberACharityWeek

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Are you a care experienced adult (16+ years) or the supporter of a care experienced child/adult in Scotland (e.g. adoptive parent, kinship carer, foster parent, residential carers)? This Edinburgh Uni Siblings Café event on 5 Sept 2-4pm might interest you.
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We won’t stop until every child feels safe and loved "We won't stop until every child feels safe and loved" is our new fundraising campaign. Help us give our children the vital support they need.

We are launching our new fundraising campaign today - We won't stop until every child feels safe and loved.
This blog post will tell you how we came about the idea for the new fundraising campaign as a team & what we want to achieve.
#fundraising #adoption #fostering
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Bruce's fundraiser for St Andrew's Children's Society Help Bruce Raimondo raise money to support St Andrew's Children's Society

This is the link to Bruce's Just Giving page. Please help him reach his £1,000 target! 💷

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This is Bruce, one of our fantastic adopters and he's doing the Tour O The Borders on 7 Sept 2025 to try to raise £1,000 for St Andrew's Children's Society. 📣 It's 120 km! 🚵‍♂️
Please, help Bruce reach his fundraising target. Click on the link in the next post to donate to his Just Giving page. Thanks.

Bruce's fundraiser for St Andrew's Children's Society Help Bruce Raimondo raise money to support St Andrew's Children's Society

www.justgiving.com/page/bruce-r...

Have you checked the events page on our website lately? We have lots of excellent support events lined up. These are just a few of them. 📅

If you would like to sign up for any of our events, please call 0131 454 3370 or email info@standrews-children.org.uk.
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Did you know that the Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) offers support for care experienced students? You can check below what support you or someone you know may be eligible to receive.

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Our adoption journey A family share their adoption journey, right from why adoption was right for them, to their son sleeping in his bed in their home.

A family share their adoption journey, right from why adoption was right for them, to their son sleeping in his bed in their home.
We help people to adopt & foster who live within 60 miles of Edinburgh, Aberdeen & Elgin. Contact us to find out more. Details in bio.

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Thank you for the lovely welcome. We're so happy to be members and we're looking forward to Remember a Charity in your Will Week in September!

Bruce's fundraiser for St Andrew's Children's Society Help Bruce Raimondo raise money to support St Andrew's Children's Society

Bruce is one of our adopters and he's taking part in the
Tour O The Borders in September. He'll be cycling a staggering 120km in one day to help raise money for us. We are so grateful to Bruce for taking on this massive challenge for us.

Donate to his page here

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Walk n Talk n Play in Glasgow Come to our outdoors Walk n Talk n Play event for primary school aged children and their adoptive parents and foster carers.

Come to our next Walk n Talk n Play in Glasgow on 6 July 2025 from 11am until 1pm.

Please call 0131 454 3370 or email info@standrews-children.org.uk if you'd like to join us and we'll let you know where we're meeting. 🗺️

#adoptionsupport #fosteringsupport #scotland
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Edinburgh summer picnic 2025 Think Circus will be sharing their circus skills at our our Edinburgh summer picnic again on 1 Aug 2025. It's going to be fun!

Why come to our Edinburgh summer picnic?

1️⃣It's going to be a great afternoon for all the family. 🏠
2️⃣It's a great opportunity to speak to other families.
3️⃣Think Circus will be there again. 🎪
4️⃣We'll also be playing some fun parachute games.
5️⃣Everyone loves a picnic! 🥪

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The days that changed our lives…forever One of our adopters talks about how she felt meeting her daughter for the first time and what happened during the week that followed.

Hankies at the ready folks ready! Thank you to our adopter who wrote this very moving blog post about how she felt meeting her daughter for the first time & what happened during the week that followed.

Thinking about adopting? Call 0131 454 3370.

#Adopt #Scotland

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Level One Theraplay and MIM training and one-day Group training November 2025 Level One Theraplay, MIM training and one-day Group training suitable for psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, clinical counsellors, play therapists and others.

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This training was made for you. 🎈🧒

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#Theraplay #Scotland

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Edinburgh Pride 2025 We are looking forward to Edinburgh Pride on Saturday, 21 June 2025. Come to our stall in the McEwan Hall. Ask us about fostering or adopting

We're looking forward to being at Pride Edinburgh this coming Saturday. 🏳️‍🌈

Come and join us on our stall in McEwan Hall if you’re thinking about adopting or fostering and we can answer any questions you have. We’ll be there from 12.30pm to 5pm.

#PrideEdinburgh

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We were excited to test our new Ooni Pizza Oven, which Ooni donated to us. Our pizzas were incredible! 🍕

We're looking forward to using it to make pizzas at future adoption and fostering support events for our families.

Thank you Ooni from everyone at St Andrew's Children's Society.

#ooni

In Scotland, children of Black , Asian and other diverse ethnicities wait longer for an adoptive family than other children.

St Andrew’s Children’s Society is among 21 VAAs from across the UK who have together created this new guide to try to change that.

#CVAA

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Reporting Scotland - News at Seven: 10/06/2025 More from the day’s top stories and communities across Scotland.

Charlie Egan was on BBC Scotland Reporting Scotland News at Seven last night talking about what Voluntary Adoption Agencies in the UK are doing to try to attract more adopters for children of Black, Asian and other diverse ethnicities. The interview starts at 11:17.

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Here are just some of the wonderful people who took part in the @edinburghmarathon.bsky.social at the weekend to fundraise for us. We are so grateful to them and everyone else who took part and donated. 🏃💷

Please consider donating if you haven't yet. Thank you. ⬇️

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