AFAA Objectives, Activities and Membership

Our Objectives

• To support inter-country adoptive (ICA) families in identifying and resolving the issues they encounter as an ICA family.
• To promote ICA as a well founded method of building a family.
• To support pre-adopters in identifying and addressing the issues they may encounter as an ICA family

Our Activities

• We operate an Advice Line, which is supported by a number of members who have recently adopted, and who are willing to talk to prospective adoptees.
• We organise both national and regional events, where families can meet to share experiences and get to know each other. More formally, we run seminars on post-adoption issues, which are also relevant to pre-adopters.
• AFAA produces a number of publications, the first of which - "Inter-Country Adoption" - concentrates on the process of the adoption. Other titles include:

The Homestudy Report

Explaining Adoption

Adoption Bereavement

Racism

• We produce a regular newsletter for members.
• We are active in supporting UK Government departments, Social Services and Voluntary Agencies in terms of ICA.

Our Membership

• AFAA has three types of membership

Full Membership, for those who have already adopted from abroad. MS Word . PDF Form

Affiliate Membership, for those considering adoption from abroad.MS Word . PDF Form

Associate Membership, for professional organisations and public bodies. MS Word . PDF Form

• If you would like to join AFAA, please download and complete the appropriate application form and post this with your remittance to our General Secretary.