Devon County Council's adoption team has won a major award. It's been named 'Local Adoption Authority Adoption Team of the Year 2014' by the British Association of Adoption and Fostering.
The service was recognised for its empathetic and creative approach to recruiting and supporting adoptive families, as well as its dealings with birth parents and the children themselves.
Communication needs to improve over accommodation for asylum seekers
Council wants to put support system in place
Developer apologises after objections to Bideford footpath
Plan to take out woodland withdrawn
Devon ‘significantly worse’ on range of health and social metrics
Figures below national average
Plan to protect rare petalwort on Dawlish Warren steps up
The strategy to protect it is viewed as highly important.
City lose final match of the season
Match Report: Exeter City 1-2 Oxford United
