Why do GM's non-white children wait longer to be adopted?

We spoke to a regional adoption agency looking for families

Dear members — today’s piece is about the challenges in finding adoptive parents for Black, Asian and ethnic minority children in Greater Manchester. Dani spoke to a regional adoption agency to find out why the authorities are struggling to find adoptive parents for non-white children in care.

We just heard some good news from Andy Burnham in his press briefing: Greater Manchester’s hospitals have just resumed elective activity. You will remember that some non-urgent appointments and procedures were paused earlier this month because of the crunch on hospital capacity caused by staff absences and rising Covid-19 admissions. We hope this comes as good news for some of you who have had your appointments delayed.

Mollie has been sending out more copies of the print edition to members across the North — and even to the South…