Adoption and permanent fostering
Thinking about adopting or permanent fostering?
Contact us
Call freephone 0800 781 2332 Mon-Fri 9.30am-5pm, outside these hours we provide a next working day call back service.
Email adoption@rbkc.gov.uk
5th - 11th November 2012 was National Adoption Week. For more information click here.
Information meetings
The next adoption information events will be hosted by three boroughs, Hammersmith & Fulham, Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea.
If you're interested in attending one of the below events please fill in the contact form.
| Date | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 16 May 2013 | 10am - 12 noon | City Management Suite 18th Floor, Westminster City Hall 64 Victoria Street London SW1E 6QP |
| 20th June 2013 | 6pm - 8pm | City Management Suite, 18th Floor Westminster City Hall 64 Victoria Street London SW1E QP |
| 27th June 2013 | 6pm - 8pm | Committee Rooms 3 and 4 Kensington Town Hall Hornton Street London W8 7NX |
| 19th September 2013 | 10am - 12pm | City Management Suite, 18th Floor Westminster City Hall 64 Victoria Street London SW1E QP |
| 19th October 2013 | 10am - 12pm | Courtyard Hammersmith Town Hall King Street London W6 9JU |
| 7th November 2013 | 6pm - 8pm | Committee Rooms 5, 6, 7 17th Floor Westminster City Hall 64 Victoria Street London SW1E 6QP |
| 28th November 2013 | 6pm - 8pm | CR 3 and 4 Kensington Town Hall Hornton Street London W8 7NX |
| 29th January 2014 | 10am - 12 noon | City Management Suite 18th Floor Westminster City Hall 64 Victoria Street London SW1E 6QP |
| 19th February 2014 | 10am - 12 noon |
Courtyard |
Map of Kensington Town Hall [PDF] (file size 209Kb)
Map of Lighthouse West London [PDF] (file size 635Kb)
Map of Westway Information Centre [PDF] (file size 204Kb)
Map of Hammersmith Town Hall [PDF] (file size 346Kb)
Map of Westminster City Hall [PDF] (file size 301Kb)
Further information
- Adoption questions and answers
- The adoption process
- Children currently waiting
- Inter-country adoption
- Support
We have many children who need a loving home, from a wide variety of racial and religious backgrounds and age groups.
We have single children, children separated from their brothers and sisters and children in sibling groups who need to be kept together: all are in need of a permanent family.
They also all need families who reflect the heritage they come from as closely as possible. We encourage families to consider applying to adopt with Westminster City Council when we feel they can meet the needs of the specific children waiting within the borough.
Please look through our pages to find out more about our service to prospective adoptive families and the children waiting for adoption.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Westminster City Council is now sharing its fostering service with the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
This will help to ensure that children in our care are placed with the best possible families. It also means that we can devote more resources to helping find foster carers for the children who need them.
Express an interest in adoption
To request a call back or information pack for further information on adopting please click here
For further information please take a look at our Adoption Booklet
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