Children in care

Title

Children in care

Genre

Interview; Documentary

TX Date

27 Mar 1982

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:53:49

Description

Syd Burke presents a programme on the fostering and adoption of children and the need for more foster parents, in particular those from different ethnic groups. Margaret Moore, Press and Information Officer for the British Agency of Fostering and Adoption, explains the fundamental differences between fostering and adoption; Bridget Waugh talks about children’s rights; Lord Elton (Rodney Elton), Secretary of State for Health and Social Security, on the numbers of adopted children living in the UK. Foster parents talk about what drives them, and how they react to new family members.

Contributors

Bridget Waugh; Margaret Moore; Rodney Elton; Syd Burke

Keywords

Human rights; Education; Children (age group); Adoption; Children (family); Black peoples; Children in care; Ethnic groups; Fostering; Rights of the child

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