General information
Ask most people what their idea of adopters is and they see in their mind this happy smiley cornflake box couple, who appear young, middle class or well-off.

But the reality is very often different. Adopters don’t just come in couples. Single people can adopt and as for salary, they can range from people on the minimum wage to millionaires.

Mention you’re an adopter and people think you must be some kind of archangel but the truth is that those who become approved adopters are quite often no more virtuous than the next person.
What they must be is warm and patient with well-stocked reserves of energy, just like any other parent.

In this section, we hope to lift the lid on who can and cannot adopt in an effort to dispel some of the myths that can put people off the idea of adoption before they have even thought about it.