Adoption event takes on an Easter theme

9:19am Wednesday 19th March 2008

ONE of the Lake District's most famous characters, Peter Rabbit, turned out to highlight the need for more adoptive parents at an event in Kendal.

County Hall was filled with a colourful array of 38 Easter eggs, plus dozens of balloons and daffodils as the blue-coated children's favourite and a team of adoption experts turned out to chat to prospective families.

Jim Buchanan, Cumbria County Council's cabinet member for Children's Wellbeing, said the chocolate eggs each represented a local child who was in need of a new family and he urged anyone who was "even slightly thinking about adopting" to get in touch.

"We really appreciate the contribution that our adoptive parents make - not just by providing a home for some of our most vulnerable children and young people, but by providing a much-needed service for the council, and in their own communities."

CCC's adoption team manager Jayne Ivory said: "Cumbria welcomes people from a variety of different backgrounds, experiences and circumstances.

"We need people who are able to offer a genuine, lifelong commitment to children."

Anyone interested in finding out more should contact the team on 01539-773312.

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