To celebrate its one-year anniversary, Adoption Counts has this week unveiled its very own super-sized bee sculpture as part of Bee in the City’s Hive of Creativity Festival in Manchester.
The giant bee is a symbol of the difference a year can make in the life of an adopted child and parent.
It forms part of Adoption Counts’ anniversary campaign which shares stories from adoptive parents about the life-changing family moments they’ll never forget.
Working with artist Lois Cordelia, adoptive parents submitted words and phrases about their adoption experiences to help create the bee’s design, while illustrations cover the bee in playful scenes.
The five local authorities in Greater Manchester and Cheshire that make up the adoption agency were joined by adoptive parents and primary school children to unveil the bee.
Cllr Jos Saunders, Cheshire East Council cabinet member for children and families, said: “We are so proud to be supporting this exciting festival, celebrating young people’s involvement in ‘Bee in the City’.
“Lois Cordelia’s design captures our message perfectly, that adoption can transform a child’s life into a world of love, creativity and imagination.”
The bee, named ‘Bee-YOU-ti-ful’, will now form part of the Bee in the City art trail, opening on 23rd July, before it is auctioned off to raise funds for The Lord Mayor of Manchester’s We Love MCR Charity in October.
