Hounslow Council


Post adoption service

The post adoption service is for:

  • All adopters in Hounslow

  • Residents of the Borough of Hounslow who have been affected by adoption

  • Adopted people over the age of 18 who are seeking information about their origins through access to their birth records

The service offers:

  • Information and advice in a wide range of adoption and permanent fostering issues

  • Groups for adopters held 4 times a year

  • An annual summer picnic for adoptive families and their children

  • Letterbox Service- administering the regular exchange of information between birth families and adopters.  Providing individual support to all families where necessary to maintain the contact.

  • Arranging, supervising and maintaining direct contact arrangements

  • Counselling to adopted people over the age of 18 who wish to have access to their adoption records

Contact us

The Adoption & Permanence Team
The Civic Centre
Pavilion BF
Lampton Road
Hounslow TW3 4DN

Tel: 020 8583 3437
Email: adoptioninfo.sshp@hounslow.gov.uk