Let's thrive.Thriving Adoptees helps adoptees thrive.What does thriving mean to you?Healing? Post Traumatic Growth? Evolving?Listen in as we explore what's helped adoptees do all that...Email me at simon@thrivingadoptees.com if you'd like to have a chat about being a guest on the show.There have been 93,000 downloads of the show since launch in April 2021. more

Adoption and fostering chat with people who've done it, from the UK's LGBT adoption and fostering charity, New Family Social. more

If you are thinking about adoption it can help to hear from real people who were once right where you are. Adopter Stories by Adoption Now brings you real life stories from real life adopters. You will hear that no two adoption journeys are the same and not every adoption is the same. We will talk about the challenges that people face during the adoption process and we'll also be talking about the highs too! more

Podcast by You Can Adopt

The Family Futures podcast aims to amplify, educate and inform. We have spent 25 years working with adopted, fostered and care experienced children and young people, supporting them and their families.Family Futures is a not for profit, independent adoption agency in London, rated Ofsted Outstanding, and a leading provider of therapeutic support for families. Find out more about Family Futures at www.familyfutures.co.uk. more

Interested in fostering or adoption? Not sure where to start? Meet Barnardo's Fostering & Adoption here in NI. Your guide is Ness who looks after recruitment and is not a social worker. Let Ness introduce you to the wider team, to foster carers and adopters who are willing to share their experiences and give you (and Ness) insights into the world of fostering and adoption.  What is it really like? What is 'Panel'? What kind of training can you expect? What sort of support will you get? Will you be able to work and foster? What is the difference between fostering and adoption? This is the place to find answers to these questions and more. Over the coming months, we  will be talking through the application process, the kinds of professional training and support you can expect and the different types of fostering, including fostering to adoption and parent and child placements. We will speak with those who've walked the walk (and can talk the talk) from both our NI service and those across the UK.Barnardo's needs more families, couples and single carers, from all walks of life, whether they are considering fostering and/or adoption, to ensure that when  children need a loving family, the right one is there for them. Could it be you?Learn about Fostering & Adoption with Barnardo's here:  https://www.barnardos.org.uk/get-support/fostering-and-adoption To learn more about Fostering and Adoption with us in Northern Ireland, visit our Linktr.ee here: https://linktr.ee/barnardosfosteringni To ask a question, give us some feedback or make a topic request, contact us at BFANI@barnardos.org.uk. Together, we can change lives.  #fosterbelongingwithusImage credit: main: Janine Boyd Photography,  banner: Katherine Hanlon, Unsplash more

Adoption Shared is produced by We Are Family adoption support community in partnership with Adopt London. Adoption Shared explores stories which inform, support and amplify the adopter voice and community. In each episode, our host Eddie Elliott meets adopters and professionals who share their insight and experiences of the adoption journey from a variety of different perspectives. You can join We Are Family for FREE at www.wearefamilyadoption.org.uk.*Please note that the views expressed in this podcast are the views of our guest speakers and do not necessarily represent the views of We Are Family or Adopt London. more

A podcast where a husband and wife chat about their journey to adoption. The highs, the lows and everything in between! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. more

A personal podcast about a gay couple's journey through adoption and what we learnt on the way to creating our own forever family. more

Adoption Arena focuses on discussing the complex and ever changing issues that affect adoptees, foster families and those who are linked with the adoption and fostering world in some way. We are based in the UK but overseas adoptions mean that more understanding of multi-cultural families and ethnicity is often required for young people and families to really flourish. This programme is hosted by Joy Carter, who is herself a transracial adoptee from Nigeria to the UK arriving in London at the age of 2. ‪Every adoptee needs the pioneering spirit to overcome firstly their own life challenges that stem from adoption and the many complexities that occur. Adoption Arena desires to help create more voices, people sharing their stories to the media and press, we wish to create more advocates and pioneers to help shape the adoption arena for the good. As in the UK 1 in 4 adoptions breakdown, 1 in 4 adoptees suffer from mental health issues and or self harm, over 64% of adoptees/fostered young people end up in state prisons, few adoptees go onto higher education.. The shocking statistics speak for themselves. Africans say it takes a village to raise a child. This is true. We could all do more and this podcast will help give you the tools to help yourself, support a loved one and educate a friend. Please listen, share and subscribe - your support makes this happen and is very much cherished. Thank you.Adoption in the UK affects a quarter of the population! Cancer is 1 in 3. Adoption is that common and yet their is still much ignorance, bullying and silence around the subject. Things are getting a little better, but we could all do more to help people and see those and other shocking statistics fall.Love starts with a conversation and ends with an action of love and hope. 'The journey is essential to the dream' St Francis of Assisi wisely said. The Western culture is obsessed with the dream and success but without diligence, wisdom, understanding, knowledge and careful cultivation of a young person or adult then the fullness of the dream isn't even nearly realised. Pioneers need not just purpose, but all those factors. This podcast is committed to helping young people achieve greatness - the ability to be authentically themselves, love others and find healing from an often difficult start in life.Thank you so much for reading, listening and sharing some time with us.Together with your help, we can build a better tomorrow that starts today.Instagram: @AdoptionArenaPodcastTwitter: @AdoptionArenaWebsite: AdoptionArena.comSupport our work: Paypal.me/adoptionarena more