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St Andrew's Children's Society
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Adoption and fostering agency with offices in Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Helping people to adopt & foster who live within 60 miles of Edinburgh, Aberdeen & Elgin. Enquire today - 0131 454 3370 / info@standrews-children.org.uk / sacsadopt.scot Founded in 1922.
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St Andrew's Children's Society @standrewscs.bsky.social · Oct 3
On Sat, 28 Feb 2026, Brian, Lisa and Velga from our Aberdeen office will literally be walking on fire to fundraise for St Andrew's Children's Society when they do the Aberdeen Firewalk at the Aberdeen Science Centre! 🔥

JOIN THEM! See link in comments to do the challenge on 1 March 2026 & donate. ⬇️
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We'll get a £2 donation this month if you sign up to support us on @easyfundraising.bsky.social via their app! Raise for us for free when you shop this Christmas and get their app now. Thank you.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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We are pleased to share our Annual Review for 2024-2025 with you. Discover how we exceeded our adoption placement target, expanded our foster care service, and launched new support initiatives to help children and families across Scotland.

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#Adoption #Fostering
St Andrew’s Children’s Society Annual Review 2024-2025
We are delighted to share our Annual Review for 2024-2025 with you.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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We held our Kids Craft Group in our Aberdeen office this morning & we're delighted to share these photos of the beautiful creations that were made during our in-service day activity. Aren't they FABULOUS!
Well done to everyone who took part. We hope you had a fun time. 🦋🎨
#adoptionsupport #aberdeen
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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The Promise Scotland was created after the findings from the Independent Care Review. Read about the new Plan 24-30 and our commitment to it in this blog post, which was written by Tracey Turnbull, one of our Service Managers.

#ThePromiseScotland @thepromise.scot

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The Promise Scotland Update 2025
The Promise Scotland was created after the findings from the Independent Care Review. Read about the new Plan 24-30 and our commitment to it.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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We're delighted to have received £25,000 in funding from @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk for our Voice Youth Workers Project. It will help us continue our work with our Voice Group for the next 2 years.

Thank you to The National Lottery Community Fund and the National Lottery players.
#NationalLottery
October 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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We had a lovely time at our Minibeasts and Crafts Session at the Winter Gardens in Duthie Park in Aberdeen yesterday. We hope our families enjoyed it too. 🍂

Many thanks to Rachel our Park Ranger!

#duthiepark #Aberdeen
October 16, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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This Adoption Week Scotland, we are holding 7️⃣different adoption information events including these 3

☑️ Virtual Adoption Information Evening for Single Prospective Parents

☑️ Virtual Concurrent Care Information Evening

☑️ Virtual Adopting Siblings Information Evening

Sign up on Eventbrite now!
October 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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One of our solo adopters reflects on beginning their journey to adoption with St Andrew’s Children’s Society & why they know they are never alone. We're so grateful to our adopter for sharing their experience with us.

Interested in adopting? Call us on 0131 454 3370

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Solo adopter? Yes, but most definitely not alone.
A solo adopter reflects on beginning their journey to adoption with St Andrew’s Children’s Society and why they know they are never alone.
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October 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Great to see Debbie McDonald and Stephen Small talking about the national shortage of adopters and foster carers on the STV News last Friday. 🎬🎥

If you are thinking about adopting or fostering, please get in touch now. Call 01224 878158/0131 454 3370 or email info@standrews-children.org.uk

#STV
October 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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On Sat, 28 Feb 2026, Brian, Lisa and Velga from our Aberdeen office will literally be walking on fire to fundraise for St Andrew's Children's Society when they do the Aberdeen Firewalk at the Aberdeen Science Centre! 🔥

JOIN THEM! See link in comments to do the challenge on 1 March 2026 & donate. ⬇️
October 3, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Today marks the start of @rememberacharity.bsky.social's Remember a Charity in Your Will Week and we are delighted to be taking part in this important nationwide campaign for the first time.

#ThanksTo #RememberACharityWeek

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St. Andrew’s Children’s Society – Remember a Charity
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September 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Are you a care experienced adult (16+ years) or the supporter of a care experienced child/adult in Scotland (e.g. adoptive parent, kinship carer, foster parent, residential carers)? This Edinburgh Uni Siblings Café event on 5 Sept 2-4pm might interest you.
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August 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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We are launching our new fundraising campaign today - We won't stop until every child feels safe and loved.
This blog post will tell you how we came about the idea for the new fundraising campaign as a team & what we want to achieve.
#fundraising #adoption #fostering
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We won’t stop until every child feels safe and loved
"We won't stop until every child feels safe and loved" is our new fundraising campaign. Help us give our children the vital support they need.
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August 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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This is the link to Bruce's Just Giving page. Please help him reach his £1,000 target! 💷

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Bruce's fundraiser for St Andrew's Children's Society
Help Bruce Raimondo raise money to support St Andrew's Children's Society
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August 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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This is Bruce, one of our fantastic adopters and he's doing the Tour O The Borders on 7 Sept 2025 to try to raise £1,000 for St Andrew's Children's Society. 📣 It's 120 km! 🚵‍♂️
Please, help Bruce reach his fundraising target. Click on the link in the next post to donate to his Just Giving page. Thanks.
August 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Have you checked the events page on our website lately? We have lots of excellent support events lined up. These are just a few of them. 📅

If you would like to sign up for any of our events, please call 0131 454 3370 or email info@standrews-children.org.uk.
sacsadopt.scot/events/
August 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Did you know that the Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) offers support for care experienced students? You can check below what support you or someone you know may be eligible to receive.

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August 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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A family share their adoption journey, right from why adoption was right for them, to their son sleeping in his bed in their home.
We help people to adopt & foster who live within 60 miles of Edinburgh, Aberdeen & Elgin. Contact us to find out more. Details in bio.

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Our adoption journey
A family share their adoption journey, right from why adoption was right for them, to their son sleeping in his bed in their home.
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July 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Bruce is one of our adopters and he's taking part in the
Tour O The Borders in September. He'll be cycling a staggering 120km in one day to help raise money for us. We are so grateful to Bruce for taking on this massive challenge for us.

Donate to his page here

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Bruce's fundraiser for St Andrew's Children's Society
Help Bruce Raimondo raise money to support St Andrew's Children's Society
www.justgiving.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Come to our next Walk n Talk n Play in Glasgow on 6 July 2025 from 11am until 1pm.

Please call 0131 454 3370 or email info@standrews-children.org.uk if you'd like to join us and we'll let you know where we're meeting. 🗺️

#adoptionsupport #fosteringsupport #scotland
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Walk n Talk n Play in Glasgow
Come to our outdoors Walk n Talk n Play event for primary school aged children and their adoptive parents and foster carers.
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July 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Why come to our Edinburgh summer picnic?

1️⃣It's going to be a great afternoon for all the family. 🏠
2️⃣It's a great opportunity to speak to other families.
3️⃣Think Circus will be there again. 🎪
4️⃣We'll also be playing some fun parachute games.
5️⃣Everyone loves a picnic! 🥪

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Edinburgh summer picnic 2025
Think Circus will be sharing their circus skills at our our Edinburgh summer picnic again on 1 Aug 2025. It's going to be fun!
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June 30, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Hankies at the ready folks ready! Thank you to our adopter who wrote this very moving blog post about how she felt meeting her daughter for the first time & what happened during the week that followed.

Thinking about adopting? Call 0131 454 3370.

#Adopt #Scotland

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The days that changed our lives…forever
One of our adopters talks about how she felt meeting her daughter for the first time and what happened during the week that followed.
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June 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Calling all...

✅ Psychologists
✅ Psychiatrists
✅ Social Workers
✅ Clinical Counsellors
✅ Marriage & Family Therapists
✅ School Counsellors
✅ Play Therapists
✅ Infant Mental Health Professionals

This training was made for you. 🎈🧒

Book up now!

#Theraplay #Scotland

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Level One Theraplay and MIM training and one-day Group training November 2025
Level One Theraplay, MIM training and one-day Group training suitable for psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, clinical counsellors, play therapists and others.
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June 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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We're looking forward to being at Pride Edinburgh this coming Saturday. 🏳️‍🌈

Come and join us on our stall in McEwan Hall if you’re thinking about adopting or fostering and we can answer any questions you have. We’ll be there from 12.30pm to 5pm.

#PrideEdinburgh

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Edinburgh Pride 2025
We are looking forward to Edinburgh Pride on Saturday, 21 June 2025. Come to our stall in the McEwan Hall. Ask us about fostering or adopting
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June 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM