Adoption

Adoption is giving a child a new and permanent family when their own parents cannot bring them up. If you adopt a child, all the rights and responsibilities for that child are permanently legally given to you. The children that need adopting are all ages from a wide range of ethnic, racial and religious backgrounds, brothers and sisters and children with a physical or learning disability or both.

We are especially keen to hear from people wanting to adopt:

older children - four to eight years old;
more than one child;
children with disabilities or special needs; and
children with mixed ethnicity or from minority backgrounds.

Contact Information

Telephone: 0161 770 6605
Fax: 0161 770 6683
E-mail: adoption@oldham.gov.uk
Address: Oldham Adoption Team, Unit 7-13, Whitney Court, Southlink Business Park, Oldham. OL4 1DB
Opening Hours: 8.40am to 5.00pm Mon-Fri