Be My Parent

Be My Parent is a family-finding service provided by the British Association for Adoption & Fostering (BAAF)

My Parent is a UK-wide family-finding newspaper published twelve times a year. It is intended for people interested in adoption and permanent fostering, as well as for social services departments and other adoption and fostering agencies. We are currently developing Be My Parent online to complement the newspaper as a web-based family-finding service.

With Be My Parent online, you’ll be able to log in whenever is convenient, browse the children’s profiles and make an enquiry directly to the social worker. You can also choose to receive email alerts when new children are featured.”

The new Be My Parent website will go live in April 2007. Our website will offer a brand new way for prospective adopters and foster carers to find a child. As well as featuring children’s profiles, photographs and videos, it will contain lots of useful information about adoption and fostering. Families can subscribe to the online service, the monthly newspaper, or both (for a reduced fee). To find out more, see the website, email bmp@baaf.org.uk or call 020 7421 2666/5/4.

With Be My Parent online, you’ll be able to log in whenever is convenient, browse the children’s profiles and make an enquiry directly to the social worker. You won’t have to wait for the next issue of the Be My Parent newspaper to come out, as the website will be continually updated with new profiles. You can also choose to receive email alerts when new children are featured.

As you would expect from Be My Parent, the security issues of using the web to profile children have been fully considered. Only subscribers will be able to view children’s profiles, which will not disclose any identifying data. All information will be stored and transmitted securely.

Longer, detailed profiles mean you can find out more about a child before you make an enquiry. Our sample profile includes personal comments from the social worker, foster carer and child himself, as well as examples of his artwork and a four-minute video that really brings his personality to life.

When the Be My Parent website officially launches in April 2007, you’ll be able to start viewing children’s profiles and making enquiries. Visit www.bemyparent.org.uk to register your interest, find out about special offers, and be kept up-to-date.

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