Paul McCartney's daughter sheds light on Newcastle's adoption needs
A giant image taken by Paul McCartney’s photographer daughter is helping to illuminate Newcastle this week and turn the focus on National Adoption Week. Mary McCartney’s eye-catching photograph of a small boy is being projected onto Newcastle Civic Centre and other city centre buildings to raise awareness of the need to find more people willing to adopt. Monday evening’s switch-on coincided with an Adoption Information Evening being held at the Civic Centre, which featured the dramatic projection on its main exterior wall.
There are currently 4,290 children in the care of local authorities in the North East – 505 of them in Newcastle. The average age of youngsters enduring the longest wait to find an adoptive family is just four years old, so McCartney’s image includes the caption “Too old at 4?”
The celebrity photographer - daughter of The Beatles star and his late wife Linda - has been working with the information organisation First4Adoption which organises the annual National Adoption Week. Her illumination will be showing until Sunday in the hope it will trigger interest among those able to adopt children aged around four.
McCartney recently took the official portrait of the Queen in celebration of her record reign and it is hoped the photographer’s status will help raise the profile of the national adoption campaign. Gemma Gordon-Johnson, from First4Adoption, said: “We’re thrilled to be working with Mary McCartney and Newcastle Civic Centre this National Adoption Week.
By: Barbara Hodgson
Source: Chronicle
