CREWE’S MP will open an Adoption Support Conference for two of the country’s leading adoption services to showcase a new joint project.

Adoption Matters and Caritas Care will be hosting the Adoption Support Conference in March, showcasing their innovative partnership project, The Centre for Adoption Support.

The Centre for Adoption Support Conference will highlight the specialist service that has been provided for families throughout the north west who have adopted through Adoption Matters, Caritas Care, Cheshire West and Chester, Warrington, Wigan and St Helens local authorities.

The Minister for Children and Families, Edward Timpson MP, will be opening the event and Professor Elizabeth Harlow of The University of Chester will be sharing early research findings from the centre.

Norman Goodwin, chief executive at Adoption Matters, said: “The Centre for Adoption Support has benefited many people in the north west, and provides permanent support to both families and children who have been through the adoption process.

“The conference will allow attendees to hear about the journey we’ve taken to achieve a successful model of adoption support, which encompasses all aspects of family life.”

Adoptive parents will also be speaking on the day to demonstrate how they have used the service and to provide insight into how the centre has helped them through their adoption journey.

Amanda Forshaw, chief executive at Caritas Care, said: “Over the past two years we have worked tirelessly to ensure that adoption support services are improved and we are very excited to showcase the centre.”