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Adoption and foster care support in United Kingdom

For adoptees, birth parents, adoptive and foster families. Talk with people in United Kingdom who know what it is like, find help near you, and join the worldwide circle too. Free, always.

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Help for adoption and foster care in United Kingdom

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Steve & Partners Family Law

A small team supporting caring for an aging parent and adoption and foster care. Free first conversation, then low-cost sessions.

Mon to Fri, 9 to 5

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James & Partners Family Law

A small team supporting family estrangement and parenting a struggling teen. Free first conversation, then low-cost sessions.

Evenings and weekends

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Manchester Talking Therapies

We help people with adoption and foster care and parenting a child with a disability, in person in Manchester and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.

Evenings and weekends

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Callum Counselling, Glasgow

Practical help for people dealing with autism and neurodivergent family life and single parenting, plus a weekly drop-in.

Weekdays and Saturday mornings

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Northside Debt Advice, Derby

Run by people who have been through caring for an aging parent and single parenting themselves.

Evenings and weekends

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Open Door Psychotherapy, Glasgow

We help people with caregiver burnout and autism and neurodivergent family life, in person in Glasgow and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.

Tue to Sat, 10 to 6

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Soft Light Sleep Kits, Bolton

A small team supporting new parenthood and a loved one's addiction. Free first conversation, then low-cost sessions.

Weekdays and Saturday mornings

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Steady Hands Care, Belfast

We help people with autism and neurodivergent family life and co-parenting after separation, in person in Belfast and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.

Weekdays and Saturday mornings

From people who came through it

  • โ€œI think I was sure I'd never feel normal again. I was wrong. I stopped trying to be the perfect parent. Good enough is enough. Keep going, even slowly.โ€

    Rami from Tangier ยท been through adoption and foster care
  • โ€œPara quien empieza como familia de acogida: no te voy a mentir, hay dรญas que parece que no das una. El trabajo de historia de vida es duro, el panel te pone nervioso y los adolescentes mienten y vapean. Pero tambiรฉn hay momentos buenos. Busca a alguien con quien hablar, como yo con Kerry. Y ten paciencia contigo misma.โ€

    sundayspark ยท been through adoption and foster care
  • โ€œto anyone just starting out with fostering or adoption: it's not going to be like you imagine, and that's okay. some days you'll feel like you're getting it all wrong. i've been doing this for 8 years and i still have days where i want to hide in the shed. but you learn. you learn that the small wins matter more than the big ones. and you learn to ask for help, even when it's the last thing you want to do. you're not doing it alone, even if it feels like it.โ€

    Second Oak ยท been through adoption and foster care
  • โ€œI'm not going to tell you eveything happens for a reason. It doesn't. But you can get through it. I did, and I'm not especially strong. I made a shared calendar for the family so I'm not the only one remembering.โ€

    Marta Yt ยท been through adoption and foster care

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