Adoption Stories
The best examples of the families and children we’ve matched are when they share their personal journeys in their own words, so here we tell some of the stories of real-life adoptive families. They share from the very start of their journeys through to the experience of assessments, matching, and parenting.
Carol’s Story
As part of the #YouCanAdopt campaign, Dr Carol, 58 from South London shares her adoption story. Carol adopted her son aged 4 two years ago with her partner. Infertility, hysterectomy…
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Yasmin’s Story
I always wanted to be a teacher and I always wanted to adopt. It had nothing to do with my experience of growing up or the people I knew. I…
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Kirk’s story
It was so exciting when we first saw Kirk’s profile and it just felt so right. When we read other children’s files, there were lots of questions. There was no…
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Asye and Hakim’s story
Asye and Hakim recently adopted their one year old son Reece who has additional needs. “Our son has a medical diagnosis called Spina Bifida, and as a result we were…
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Sarah’s sibling story
In 2017, Sarah a single adopter, became the parent of two children – Christopher, aged 9 and Grace, aged 8. “From the beginning I knew that I wanted to adopt…
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Louise and John’s story
Louise and John knew that they would not be able to conceive naturally. Both agreed that it was never so important to have their own biological children, it was just…
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