This section offers information on post-adoption services.
This section offers information on post adoption services provided by Catholic agencies and charities (or their successors) who are registered with Ofsted as either Adoption Support Agencies or Voluntary Adoption Agencies. Where organisations have changed, merged or closed, this is highlighted in the notes.
| Diocese | Current name | Previous name(s) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arundel and Brighton | Diagrama Foundation | Catholic Children’s Society Arundel and Brighton, Portsmouth and Southwark | Voluntary Adoption Agency |
| Birmingham | Father Hudson’s Caritas | Father Hudson’s Society | Adoption Support Agency |
| Brentwood | |||
| Cardiff-Menevia | St David’s Children Society (St David’s Adoption Service) | Catholic Children and Family Care Society (Wales); Catholic Children’s Society (Wales) | Voluntary Adoption Agency |
| Clifton | Clifton Children’s Society | Clifton Rescue Society | Voluntary Adoption Agency |
| East Anglia | |||
| Hallam | |||
| Hexham and Newcastle | St Cuthbert’s Care | Hexham and Newcastle Diocesan Rescue Society; Catholic Care North East | Adoption Support Agency |
| Lancaster | Caritas Care | Catholic Caring Services | Voluntary Adoption Agency |
| Leeds | Catholic Care (Caritas Leeds) | Leeds Diocesan Rescue Society | Post adoption work transferred to Nugent Care (see note) |
| Liverpool | Nugent Care | Liverpool Catholic Children’s Protection Society | Nugent Adoption officially closed in 2025 (see note) |
| Middlesbrough | |||
| Northampton | St Francis Children’s Society | Northampton Diocesan Catholic Child Protection & Welfare Society | Ceased all operations. Transferred files to Milton Keynes Council (2022) |
| Nottingham | Adoption Focus | Catholic Children’s Society (Nottingham); Adopt Together – Faith in Families | Voluntary Adoption Agency |
| Portsmouth | Diagrama Foundation | Catholic Children’s Society Arundel and Brighton, Portsmouth and Southwark; Portsmouth Diocesan Catholic Child Welfare | Voluntary Adoption Agency |
| Plymouth | Families for Children Trust | Plymouth Diocesan Catholic Children’s Society | Ceased all operations. Transferred files to Devon County Council (2022) |
| Salford | Caritas Salford | Salford Catholic Protection and Rescue Society | Post adoption work transferred to Salford City Council (2022) |
| Shrewsbury | Caritas Shrewsbury | Catholic Children’s Society (Shrewsbury) | Post adoption work transferred to Nugent Care (see note) |
| Southwark | Diagrama Foundation | Cabrini Children’s Society; Southwark Catholic Rescue Society; Southwark Catholic Children’s Society; Catholic Children’s Society Arundel and Brighton, Portsmouth and Southwark | Voluntary Adoption Agency |
| Westminster | Catholic Children’s Society (Westminster) | Crusade of Rescue | Adoption Support Agency |
| Wrexham |
Note: Nugent Adoption officially closed in November 2025. Files transferred to St Helens Borough Council. Post adoption support now being provided by Adoption Matters.
A number of Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN) member organisations continue to provide post-adoption support for adopted adults, adoptive parents and birth families who are seeking help and advice in relation to adoption as well as those who were in previously in their care.
More information on support for children and families provided by Catholic organisations can be found on CSAN’s website.
In 2016, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, then-President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, issued an apology for historical practices of adoption, acknowledging “the grief and pain caused by the giving up of a child through adoption.”
