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Adoption in Focus is our adoption podcast series discussing adoption from a range of perspectives.
Guests on the podcast have included adult adoptees, professionals, grandparents, and adopters from all backgrounds, each with their own unique experiences and areas of interest.
These include adopting brothers and sisters, LGBTQ+ adoption, transracial adoption, adopting as a single person, birth family contact, the matching process and the early permanence pathway.
We have many more episodes lined up and ready for release.
Your family. Their future. Adoption Focus is an independent charity and one of the largest adoption agencies in the UK. Whatever your background or situation, we’re here to help you to adopt, and we’re actively recruiting. If you live in or around Central England and you’re considering adoption, our friendly, expert team would love to meet you and help you to become an adoptive family. Adopt with us.
Adoption Focus - a friendly, dedicated & experienced adoption agency
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Recent Episodes
S1E24 Adoption in Focus - Faith, Adoption and Belonging: A Conversation with Reverend Doctor Sarah
In this episode, we’re joined by Reverend Doctor Sarah to explore how faith can shape the journey of adoption and family life. Together we talk about navigating joy and sadness in adoption, welcoming…
S1E23 Adoption in Focus - Alex's journey adopting an older child as a single parent
In this episode we’re joined by Alex, a single adopter who shares her honest and deeply personal experience of welcoming an older child into her life. Alex reflects on what first drew her to adopting…
S1E22 Adoption in Focus - Jo & Joe: Navigating Birth Family Contact
In this episode Lisa talks with Jo and Joe about one of the most important and often daunting parts of adoption: contact with birth family.They’ll share their journey from the early stages of…
S1E21 Adoption in Focus - Adoption, Trauma, and Identity: Adoptee Chris’ Perspective
Chris shares his personal journey as an adoptee, reflecting on the lifelong impact of early trauma after being removed from his biological parents as a baby and adopted at the age of two. Although he…
S1E20 Adoption in Focus - John's story: The highs and lows of the matching process and bringing your child home
In this moving and insightful episode, John takes us through the journey he and his partner undertook to grow their family through adoption. He reflects on the emotional highs and lows of the…
S1E19 Adoption in Focus - Gail’s Story: Parenting Through Trauma and Finding Connection
This episode offers a heartfelt look at parenting through trauma, neurodiversity and adoption. Our guest, Gail shares her family's journey from the challenges that surfaced with the arrival of a new…
S1E18 Adoption in Focus - Leroy - Adoption and Identity in the Black Community
In this special Black History Month episode, we’re joined by Leroy to talk about adoption within the Black community why representation matters, the challenges that still exist, and how community and…
S1E17 Adoption in Focus - Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
In this episode, the team at Adoption Focus discusses the recent cuts to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) and what they mean for adoptive families. Despite funding being…
S1E16 Adoption in Focus - Sunny’s Story: Blending Cultures, Honouring Faith
In this episode, we sit down with Sunny, a Sikh mother whose path to adoption led her to embrace a love that transcends cultural boundaries. With remarkable honesty and warmth, Sunny shares her…
S1E15 Adoption in Focus - Jonathan's Journey - Navigating life together into adulthood.
In this heartfelt episode, we sit down with Jonathan, a father who shares his family's powerful adoption journey from the early conversations and assessment process to welcoming his son James home…
S1E14 Adoption in Focus - Amy and Andy - What it means to parent a child they have transracially adopted.
In this episode of Adoption in Focus, Lisa sits down with Amy and Andy, a couple with four birth children who chose to grow their family through adoption.They share their unique journey of adopting…
S1E13 Adoption In Focus - Ben and Aaron's Journey and adopting as LGBTQ+
In this episode, we're joined by a brilliant same-sex couple who speak candidly about their journey to becoming dads, from the first steps in the adoption process, the highs and lows, what family…
S1E12 Adoption in Focus - Sarah's journey as a single adopter
In our latest episode Leigh is joined by Sarah, an adoptive mom of two who talks to us about her adoption experiences, right from the moment she decided to adopt to now being used as a bouncy castle…
S1E11 Adoption in Focus - Miles on adopting two girls with his husband
In this episode, Leigh is joined by Miles, who you might know from season two of The Traitors. Miles and his husband adopted two children with Adoption Focus, and here he reflects thoughtfully and…
S1E10 Adoption in Focus - Becoming Grandparents to an Adopted Child
During this episode Leigh is joined by a set of Grandparents who tell us all about their experience of the adoption process, how they supported their daughter throughout and what it was like becoming…
S1E9 Adoption in Focus – Our Positive Experience with Contact
In this episode, Lisa is joined by one of our adopters to talk about their positive, personal experience around birth family contact. Their discussion covers the benefits and challenges of contact,…
S1E8 Adoption in Focus - Transracial adoption, heritage and finding birth family with adopted adult Michelle ‘Mother’ Hubbard
In this episode, Leigh is joined by adoptee, poet, writer, African drummer, and public speaker Michelle “Mother” Hubbard. Michelle shares her experience of transracial adoption, exploring her…
S1E7 Adoption in Focus - Janette and how being adopted has positively impacted her life.
For this episode we are joined by Janette who was adopted as a young child. She talks about what adoption means to her, how it has impacted her life positively and what it was like growing up knowing…
S1E6 Adoption in Focus - Natalie, the adoption process, early permanence and three siblings.
In this episode Leigh talks to Natalie about the adoption process, early permanence and contact between siblings. "They were amazing brothers straight away. You see them together and think well,…
S1E5 Adoption in Focus - Adopting brothers and sisters
We were so lucky to be joined by Jodie who adopted a brother and sister with her partner through Adoption Focus. Jodie talks about the highs and lows of their journey through the adoption process and…
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Adoption in Focus has published 24 episodes since January 2024, covering topics in Kids & Family, Parenting.
Adoption in Focus is currently active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 37m.
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