Adoption in Focus

About Adoption in Focus

Adoption in Focus is an adoption podcast series from Adoption Focus 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 (https://www.adoption-focus.org.uk/)

Publisher

Adoption

Category

kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Jan 2024

Latest episode

7 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

26 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Sept 2026

   Adoption in Focus - FASD: Finding Strength, Support and Success Featuring Maggie May

   In this episode, Leigh and Sarah are joined by Maggie May, a 29-year-old FASD advocate, mentor and adoptee, to explore what it is really like to live with FASD. Maggie May shares her personal journey from childhood diagnosis and struggling with school, memory, sensory processing and self-esteem, to discovering her strengths, finding her community and learning to ask for support. Maggie May also challenges some of the common misconceptions and stigma surrounding FASD, highlighting the i...

2. 

   25 Jun 2026

   Adoption in Focus - Mike and Caroline, Building a Family through Early Permanence

   In this episode of Adoption in Focus, Mike and Caroline share their family's journey through early permanence adoption, offering an honest look at what it means to welcome a child into your home while living with uncertainty. They reflect on attachment, navigating the unknown, and the emotional realities of caring for a baby who may or may not become a permanent part of your family. The conversation also explores the practical challenges of the early permanence process, the support that...

3. 

   14 Apr 2026

   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 children into communities of faith, and how churches and faith groups can create spaces of belonging that are supportive, inclusive and trauma-aware. If you enjoyed this episode we'd love to hear from or, if you have any topics you'd like us to discuss please email: podcast@adoption-f...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 17 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

20

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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Books guests

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