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Adoption Support - It takes a very special village to raise a very special child
"It takes a village to raise a child". We hear this all the time, and while it is true for all parenting, the village raising an adopted child is a unique village - one with trauma and loss, hope and love at its heart. We strive to be part of …
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Tom and Max - their adoption journey
We've been together for 16 years. From the early days, we wanted to bring up a child. We looked into other ways to start a family, like surrogacy, but this was not for us. During our initial research, we quickly realised that even an independent adoption agency has to refer …
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Nate and Caroline - finding the adoption support our family needed
After moving to Buckinghamshire, Nate and Caroline's approached our service for some help supporting their daughter. Here, they share their experience working with us and adoption...
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Managing and planning for change
Change is an inevitable part of life, from experiencing small daily changes to more significant events and stages in life. Change can be a great opportunity for growth, learning and healing. Change can also be difficult for all of us, triggering feelings of fear and anxiety and sometimes impacting our …
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Marley - my journey adopting as a single parent
Marley always wanted to adopt. In her forties, she decided the time was right, but also daunted at the prospect of being a single parent. Read her story...
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Life Story Work - helping children build a positive self-image
Life Story Work can help adopted children make sense of their past, understand their identity, and build a positive self-image. It involves creating a narrative that incorporates the child’s history, including the time before adoption, to provide a coherent and continuous story of their life. Senior social worker, Penny, shares …
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Matthew - The adoption process and early permanence
Are you considering adoption? You might hear the term 'early permanence' - where a very young child is placed with a prospective adopter while the court decides who they will live with permanently. Early permanence can help reduce the number of moves a child may experience, plus build stronger bonds …
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