navigation search the adolescent and children s trust tact type children s charity industry fostering and adoption founded 1993 number of employees approx . 145 website http www.tactcare.org.uk the adolescent and children s trust tact is the largest charity providing fostering and adoption services across the united kingdom . the charity works in nine offices across england wales and scotland . as well as providing fostering or adoptive families for children tact campaigns on behalf of children and young people in care carers their families and adoptive families across the uk . contents 1 history 2 partnerships & affiliations 3 references 4 external links history edit tact was set up in 1992 in response to changes in child care policy . instead of local authorities placing children in their care in residential homes increasing priority was placed on offering family based care to a much wider range of children and young people . this was consistent with the rapidly emerging philosophy of providing care close to children s own family school and social contacts . these rapid changes made it difficult for local authorities to meet the increasing need to provide foster care and adoptive placements and it was a concern for the lack of adequate provision which led to a group of local authority service managers who were also qualified and experienced social workers to create tact . the organisation was subsequently registered as a charity ensuring that any surplus income was reinvested in meeting the needs of looked after children placed with tact . tact became an adoption agency in 2004 and expanded its size by joining together with the independent adoption services ias in 2007 and most recently with parents for children pfc in 2009 . in june 2012 tv chef and bestselling cookery writer lorraine pascale became tact s first celebrity patron . partnerships & affiliations edit tact is a founding member of fostering through social enterprise ftse a consortium of voluntary and non profit fostering agencies that advocate for children in respect of regulation as well as representing its membership at central government level . references edit england and wales charity commission website tact voted one of the sunday times 100 best small companies to work for external links edit the adolescent and children s trust tact s website this article about a philanthropic or charitable organization is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the adolescent and children % 27s trust & oldid 725584916 categories children s charities based in the united kingdomcharities based in londonchildren s charities based in englandadoption related organizationsorganizations established in 19931993 establishments in the united kingdomadoption in the united kingdomfoster care in the united kingdomphilanthropic organization stubshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 june 2016 at 15 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view