
Children 0-2
Glasgow and West of Scotland Adoption Service
Glasgow and West of Scotland Adoption Service (GWSAS) is a partnership with the authorities listed below who work to recruit, prepare and assess adoptive parents for children 0-2 years.
If you live within one of these authorities then your enquiry will be dealt by GWSAS.
Glasgow City Council
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Renfrewshire
Inverclyde
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Renfrew
South Ayrshire
West Dunbartonshire
GWSAS is a service for children who for various reasons cannot live with their birth parents and whose needs will be best met through adoption.
The criteria for adopting children 0-2 years
- All applicants must be over 21 years old
- Applications will not be accepted from couples where the younger partner is older than 39 years and 6 months, or the elder partner is older than 44 years and 6 months
- Applications will not be accepted from enquirers currently undergoing any form of infertility treatment or from enquirers on a waiting list for treatment
- Applications will be accepted from married and non-married couples, as well as couples who are in a civil partnership
- We accept applications from gay and lesbian people
- We accept applications from single people
- For single applicants, applications will not be accepted where the applicant is older than 39 years and 6 months
- Enquirers must live in one of the authorities mentioned in the list above
- All applicants will be subject to local authority health, employment and Disclosure Scotland checks
If you have ever thought of adopting then please take the next step now.
Could you be at the heart of someone's memories?
Phone 0845 270 0609 between 8.45am and 4.45pm Monday to Thursday and 8.45am and 3.55pm Friday
E-mail families.children@sw.glasgow.gov.uk
Families for Children
PO BOX 7535
Glasgow City Council
G42 2AZ