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St Andrew's Children's Society
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Adoption and fostering agency with offices in Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Helping people to adopt & foster who live within 60 miles of Edinburgh, Aberdeen & Elgin. Enquire today - 0131 454 3370 / [email protected] / sacsadopt.scot Founded in 1922.
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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. ⬇️
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!
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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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.
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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 [email protected]

#STV
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. ⬇️
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 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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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.
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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.
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 [email protected].
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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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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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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.
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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 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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Bruce's fundraiser for St Andrew's Children's Society
Help Bruce Raimondo raise money to support St Andrew's Children's Society
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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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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!
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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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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.
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Calling all...

✅ Psychologists
✅ Psychiatrists
✅ Social Workers
✅ Clinical Counsellors
✅ Marriage & Family Therapists
✅ School Counsellors
✅ Play Therapists
✅ Infant Mental Health Professionals

This training was made for you. 🎈🧒

Book up now!

#Theraplay #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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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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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
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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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Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies – Guide
The CVAA has published a useful guide for Adopters Adopting children of Black and other diverse ethnicities
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