St. Francis’ Children’s Society is a children’s charity and independent adoption agency. We make a difference to vulnerable children’s lives by finding them permanent families. Based in Milton Keynes, we operate across Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire, and parts of Cambridgeshire and East Anglia. Currently in the UK, there are around 3,000 children in need of an adoptive family. SFCS’s Adoption Connections service (www.sfcs.org.uk/adoption-connections/) is rated 'Good' by OFSTED, and offers an open-door policy - we welcome all kinds of adopters for all kinds of children, regardless of age, race, cultural background, religion, marital status or sexual orientation. As well as finding new families for children awaiting adoption, we offer an extensive range of support services for adopters and their children, such as counselling, training and workshops, Theraplay® and family support events. Our Birth Connections service (www.sfcs.org.uk/birth-connections/) offers advice, support and counselling to birth parents and other family members who have lost a child to adoption and are struggling to come to terms with that loss. We also, through our Building Connections service (www.sfcs.org.uk/building-connections/), offer family tracing services and appropriate counselling to adults who were adopted as children. As a registered charity (No.211670) and limited company, our work is entirely charitable and non-profit making. We welcome support - from fundraisers, donors and volunteers - for our valuable work with children, families and adults affected by adoption.