Conversation & discussion on contemporary Adoption & Fostering
Episodes
Saturday Dec 24, 2022
Saturday Dec 24, 2022
In this our final normal episode of the year we rattle through a raft of news items (Adoption Agencies closure, ASLGB, ARG, PP+), Scott gives some 'hot takes' and we reflect on our interview with the Shadow Minster Helen Hayes.
We're going to round up the year in an upcoming episode.
As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook or twitter or email us at AandFpodcast@gmail.com
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Saturday Dec 17, 2022
Saturday Dec 17, 2022
In this episode we speak to MP Helen Hayes the Labour shadow Minister for Children and Early Years.
We discussed a range of issues and Helen was able to give Labour's and her perspective on the care review and other issues that impact on children and families. Certainly we could have spoken for longer as the time went quick.
Helen was really keen to engage with people with lived experience in relation to the care review and you can contact her through her website or via helen.hayes.mp@parliament.uk
As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook or twitter or email us at AandFpodcast@gmail.com
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Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Scott was asked onto LBC radio to comment and reflect on the comments by Stephen Fry over the weekend in relation to his views on not being a parent. Scott shares some of his experience and journey to parenting through adoption. He also shamelessly promotes the podcast! an absolute star.
It's always interesting to communicate the complexity of adoption and the nuances of parenting as an adopter to a mainstream audience and Scott does a cracking job of doing that.
As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook or twitter or email us at AandFpodcast@gmail.com
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Saturday Dec 10, 2022
Saturday Dec 10, 2022
Welcome to conversations from the A&F podcast.
This is my first conversation in quite a while, and what a subject to come back to.
This week we talk to Zach and Alison. Regular listener Zach got in touch with us after listening to Al and I discussing the New Family Social podcast on “Consensual non-monogamy” recently.
Zach and his partner Alison are from Southern Carolina in the United States, and they wanted to talk to us about what they call “ethical non-monogamy”, not just about their relationship status, but also their journey through to adopting teenagers.
We were keen to interview Zach and Alison without judgement, but to also really try to get to the bottom of what “ethical non-monogamy” means to them and their family.
As ever, this is Zach and Alison’s story, and they talk openly about their status as a couple, but also they provide lots of information and statistics about the adoption process in South Carolina.
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Saturday Dec 03, 2022
Saturday Dec 03, 2022
Hello, in this episode we share an interview that we did with Robin Findlay from the National Union of Professional Foster Carers
He shares some of his experience of being a carer as well as the genesis of the NAPFC came about and the work that they do.
Prior to the interview we reflect on the conference, planned tour and the AUK's new service for adult adoptees.
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As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook or twitter or email us at AandFpodcast@gmail.com
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Thursday Dec 01, 2022
Thursday Dec 01, 2022
Breaking news the Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board is to cease.
We unpick the news that we've got today, what does it mean, how did we get here and what next.
As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook or twitter or email us at AandFpodcast@gmail.com
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Saturday Nov 26, 2022
Saturday Nov 26, 2022
Hello and welcome to conversations from the A and F podcast.
In this episode we speak to foster carer Matilda who shares her experience of fostering and some of the challenges her family faced.
After fostering a child short term they then moved to a permanent arrangement. Matilda shares their story of the impact of an allegation on that arrangement, the child and her family. It’s a story that is not uncommon and Matilda’s story shines a light on what is significant challenge within fostering.
As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook or twitter page or email us at AandFpodcast@gmail.com
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Saturday Nov 19, 2022
Saturday Nov 19, 2022
It's been a busy run up to the conference so we've got a shorter episode this week. Scott and Al unpick a recent report into GPs prescribing antidepressants to children as well as looking at the issue of the rising declarations on the school census of adopted and SGO children.
Of course, there's banter and a level of sobriety which will be apparent due to the time of recording.
For details of the podcast conference on the 25th Nov. go to the podcast Twitter Feed/Facebook page or head here.
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Thursday Nov 17, 2022
Thursday Nov 17, 2022
In this webcast we speak to Rebekah Pierre who is looking for contributors to the anthology Free loaves on Fridays.
Free Loaves on Fridays will be an anthology about the care system, written by people with lived experience.
If you were in care for any period aged 17 and under, and want to help change the public's understanding of what it means to be care-experienced, we would love to publish your words. You are welcome to submit regardless of your age, background, or level of writing experience.
The deadline to submit your story by is 15 January 2023.
Please read this document for submission guidelines and how to submit: Free Loaves on Fridays - Submission Guidance.
As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook or twitter page or email us at AandFpodcast@gmail.com
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Saturday Nov 12, 2022
Saturday Nov 12, 2022
Hello and welcome to conversations from the A and F podcast.
In this episode Susie shares her experience and journey to adoption with her husband. Susie has a physical disability and from the decision to proceed with the application it has defined the process.
Susie describes the challenges both personal and professsional that they[ve over come and how the skills and strengths they have as a couple influenced the match that was made with their child.
As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook or twitter page or email us at AandFpodcast@gmail.com
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