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 life looks like for them now, and their love for their son.

They tell their story with equal parts of honesty and humour in a conversation that's funny, moving and refreshingly real.

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 by her two children.

Sarah paints an honest picture of the adoption process and parenting, full of ups and downs but the rewards endless.

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 insightfully on his family’s journey to adoption. Among the areas covered are, his experience of the adoption process and family finding, support from family and elsewhere, the role of ethnicity, culture and identity in adoption, and parenting two daughters as a gay couple.

If you have any questions about this episode or would be interested in joining us on a future podcast yourself, please email us at podcast@adoption-focus.org.uk.

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 grandparents to an adopted child.

If you've adopted with Adoption Focus and would like to speak about your experiences, please email us at podcast@adoption-focus.org.uk.

If you have any requests for podcast topics you’d like us to cover, we'd love to get those too.

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, preconceptions, worries and what their children's experiences were like.

Adoption Focus adopters with queries or concerns about contact can speak to our adoption support team anytime. If you have any questions about this episode or would be interested in joining us on a future podcast yourself, please email us at podcast@adoption-focus.org.uk.

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 heritage, finding her birth family and forming her own identity.

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 she was adopted.

If you've adopted with Adoption Focus and would like to speak about your experiences, please email us at podcast@adoption-focus.org.uk.

If you have any requests for podcast topics you’d like us to cover, we'd love to get those too.

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, that's just how it was meant to be."

"Being open to that help, support and advice and note being embarrassed to ask for it, to us is massive."

"It is amazing, it is hard work, but it is amazing, we feel really privileged to be adopters. To be able to be part of their life."

If you've adopted with Adoption Focus and would like to speak about your experiences, please email us at podcast@adoption-focus.org.uk.

If you have any requests for podcast topics you’d like us to cover, we'd love to get those too.