Adoption, Fostering & Tea: The New Family Social Podcast

Feb 04 2025 89 ep. 34 mins 41
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Adoption and fostering chat with people who’ve done it, from the UK’s LGBTQ+ adoption and fostering charity, New Family Social.

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89 - Changing Agency and Volunteering at Summer Camp

Feb 04 2025 51 mins  
Molly and Zoe found their first adoption agency agency hard to work with and made the difficult decision to start again with a new agency. The new agency was great and they're family finding now. They gained childcare experience by volunteering at New Family Social's summer camp and they talk about what they learnt and how it helped them to realise they'd be able to parent children

88 - "Our baby was rushed to hospital"

Jan 21 2025 27 mins  
Chris and his husband adopted their young son when he was 17 months old. On the first night at home, he had serious breathing difficulties and was taken to hospital in an ambulance. Chris talks about the doctors trying to figure out what was wrong while Chris tried to comfort his new child, who had only been with him for a few hours

87 - From our first enquiry to parenthood in nine months.

Jan 07 2025 34 mins  
Yannick and his partner had a fast and smooth journey adopting their five-year-old child, who's been with them for a month. He talks about activity days and why it's important to be assertive in the process.

86 - We've adopted a second pair of siblings this week!

Aug 20 2024 37 mins  
Adam and Brian adopted a pair of siblings seven years ago and another pair this week. Their children are now 13, 10, 6 and 3. Just days into their life as a family of six, they talk about their hopes and fears and how they're drawing on their experience as parents to support their new children.

85 - Early permanence and neurodivergence

Aug 13 2024 42 mins  
Eddie and his husband had a child place through early permanence who was returned to their birth family. They went on to adopt two neurodivergent children and Eddie came to realise he also has ADHD.

84 - Grandparents speak: "They're all really loved".

Jul 30 2024 20 mins  
Fiona and Margaret's sons are married to each other and have adopted three children. They talk about their delight at becoming grandparents by adoption, about supporting children with additional needs and about how much they love their grandchildren.

83 - A third little monster!

Jul 23 2024 30 mins  
Tom and Arjay return to the podcast, just a year after adopting twin girls, to tell us they have a new baby. Their previous podcast was "Tenacious little monsters!" https://newfamilysocial.podbean.com/e/tenacious-little-monsters/ . Just two weeks after their baby arrived, they're tired but delighted.

82 - "Allow yourself to dream..."

Jul 16 2024 40 mins  
Leanne talks about building attachment with her two young children who were adopted together when they were one and two.

81 - My adopted kids are reaching adulthood. What next?

Jun 20 2024 35 mins  
Guy adopted siblings aged four and six. They're now almost adults and he talks about their journey through education and what steps are available to them next. Guy runs an event called Step Up Expo which showcases the choices available to young people over 16. link to step up expo

80 - Adopting age-gap siblings

Apr 16 2024 33 mins  
Aubrey and his husband adopted siblings, aged nine and two, at the same time after meeting them at an activity day. One year on, Aubrey talks about parenting with an age gap, helping an older child settle into a new family and new school, and how activities for the younger child benefit the older one. PACE - https://ddpnetwork.org/about-ddp/meant-pace/ The Invisible String - https: