• Adoption.scot
    Information and advice for adoptive families, potential adopters, and professionals working in adoption.

  • Adopting a child from abroad
    Scottish Government guidance on intercountry adoption.

  • Association for Fostering, Kinship and Adoption Scotland
    A charity which improves outcomes for children in care by supporting those working in adoption, fostering or the care of looked after children.

  • CELSIS 
    Celcis works to improve children’s lives by supporting individuals and organisations working with looked after young people.

  • Children in Scotland
    National agency for voluntary, statutory and professional organisations and individuals working with children and their families in Scotland.

  • Health in Mind Historic Adoption Peer Support
    The mental health charity operates a peer support service for anyone affected by historical forced adoptions.
  • Kindred 
    Provides advice and information on services available to children with additional support needs and their carers.

  • Kinship Care Advice Service for Scotland
    Our service offering support, advice and information for kinship carers across Scotland.

  • One Parent Families Scotland 
    Provides support and information to lone parent families, and runs the Lone Parent Helpline - a free, independent helpline for lone parents and anyone affected by the issues surrounding one parent families.

  • Parent Club 
    Parent Club offers up-to-date guidance from the Scottish Government on children’s health and education.

  • Parentline Scotland
    Runs a helpline for anyone caring for a child in Scotland, also provides factsheets and publications.

  • Scotland’s Adoption Register
    Scottish Government funded service helping agencies match families to children in need of placements.

  • Scottish Child Law Centre
    Helps children and young people, their families and carers, and professionals working for and with children by providing advice and information through an advice line, email and text services.

  • Who Cares? Scotland
    Charity which campaigns for and supports care-experienced people in Scotland.