Southern England & the Channel Islands

Welcome to the BAAF Southern England page. Please get in touch on the numbers below if you think we can help you or you'd like to know more about our work.

> Our area
> Contact
> How we can help
> Our team
> Other key English websites

Our area

We cover southern England (as far north as Norfolk, Peterborough, Milton Keynes and Gloucestershire). We also serve members from outside the U.K.

How we can help

We offer:

• Training in Southern England - a wide range of courses for social workers and other professionals.
• Consultancy on your agency's training needs
• Consultancy services for professionals, offering in-depth help on complex cases and other issues.
• An advice line, for members of the public and for professionals - for help and information about adoption, fostering and tracing relatives.
• General enquiries & advice:

Public inquiries should be made to the Southern England office in London

Professional enquiries should be made to the Southern England office in London, although enquiries fom BAAF member agencies in the South West can also be made to the Bristol office.

Our team and contact details

BAAF Southern England
Saffron House,
6-10 Kirby Street,
London,
EC1N 8TS

Tel: 020 7421 2670/1/3
Fax: 020 7421 2669
email: southern@baaf.org.uk

• Director of BAAF Southern England - Jeffrey Coleman
• Child placement consultant - Jenny Lord
• Trainer Consultants: Chris Christophides, Fran Moffat, Roana Roach & Andrew Sayers
• Regional administrator - Pauline Thorbourne
• Assistant regional administrator - Maria Jadersten
• Secretary - Erica Bond

BAAF South West
162 Pennywell Road
Easton
Bristol
BS5 0TX

Tel: 0117 955 4941
Fax: 0117 955 4933
email: julie.cooke@baaf.org.uk

• South West Trainer consultants - Julie Cooke

Other key English websites

The Department for Education and Skills: www.dfes.gov.uk/adoption
The Adoption Register for England & Wales: www.adoptionregister.org.uk/
The Independent Review Mechanism (England): www.irm-adoption.org.uk
General Register Office: www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/adoptions/
4 Nations Child Policy Network: www.childpolicy.org.uk/england/index.cfm