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In this episode I spoke to Sarah Fry and Claire Murphy from the Belay Foundation. They are launching a new support service to support adopti...

Hello and welcome to conversations from the AandF podcast. In this episode I speak Christian Brock from Virtual Memory Box and he shares the...

To mark a year since I completed and released my Fellowship Report I'm re releasing the podcast. Since then I've partnered with Beacon Famil...

To mark a year anniversary of Al's Churchill Fellowship report we've released a recording from the release event for practitioners from last...

On the 15th May Maria Duah is delivering a conference at Coram in London looking to Reframe Professional Practice in the Child to Parent Abu...

Hello and welcome to this first episode of Al's Churchill Fellowship. You can read the full report here . This episode draws on peer support...

Hello and welcome to this episode of the A&F podcast, we unpack the fallout of our Canada trip and answer a question from a listener. Over t...

Hello and welcome to conversations from the AandF podcast. In this episode I speak to Dallas a parent through adoption who lives in Canada s...

In this episode we are talking about positive dosing - the small, consistent, positive interactions that help children who have experienced...

Hello and welcome to conversations from the AandF podcast. In this episode I speak to a former guest Mary-Joy Johnson founder of Wildways th...

Hello and welcome to the second podcast from our Canada road trip. In this episode we reflect on a few of the conversations we had with the...

Hello and welcome to the this Canada road trip podcast, in this first episode we stitch together our 'on the road' recordings as we jollied...

Hello and welcome to the AandF podcast. In this episode we’ve a recording of a Walking with Families peer support group sessions with social...

This month we explore identity. With International Identity Day, International Day of Happiness and Mother’s Day all taking place this month...

Hello and welcome to the AandF podcast. In this recording adoptive parent and founder of FASD Ireland shares his family's story and unpacks...

Hello and welcome to conversations from the AandF podcast. In this episode I speak to Richard McCombe an adoptive parent. He shares his fami...

Hello and welcome to this special edition of the Fostering and Adoption podcast On the 12th February Patch held their first in person confer...

Hello and welcome to the A&F podcast with Scott Casson-Rennie AMBII and Al Coates. This was recorded the day of the Children's Minister's an...

As February is the month of love, we thoughts we’d explore what love really means especially in the context of adoption and fostering. What...

Hello and welcome to conversations from the AandF podcast. In this episode to Dr Maude Champagne , social worker, psychotherapist and NVR pr...

Hello and welcome to this episode of from the AandF podcast. This episode is unofficially sponsored by Sainsbury's Supermarket. In this epis...

Hello and welcome to conversations from the AandF podcast. In this episode I speak with Suzanne Scott, she is the founder of Trauma informed...

Hello and welcome the AandF podcast, it the New Year so our better halves,Paula and Tris, join us to catch up on the year and join the bante...

In this episode we explore the responsibility adults and professionals carry to own their behaviours, words, and actions, especially when wo...

Hello and welcome to the AandF podcast. In this episode I speak to adult adoptee Tiegen Boyens and social worker/researcher Nick Burke. They...

Hello and welcome to the A&F Podcast. In this episode we're continuing to look at parenting from a distance and adoption disruption. It's a...

This episode resinated with so many of our listeners. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder remains under discussed with a growing understanding o...

Hello and welcome to the AandF podcast Christmas special. In this episode we streamed live to Facebook and chat with Fiona Wells from Patch...

Hello and welcome to conversations from the AandF podcast. In this episode I speak with Helio an adult adoptee, he shares his experience of...

In this episode, we explore the importance of stripping everything back to the basics and showing up on a truly human level. It’s these foun...

Hello and welcome to this episode of the adoption and fostering podcast. With the wide ranging coverage in the news of the UK's adoption cri...

On the 19th November Al was invited to attend a conference in London organised by The Adoption Forum and this is his on the hoof podcast. Th...

Hello and welcome to conversations from the A&F podcast. In this episode I speak to former foster carer and author Amelie. She shares her fa...

Hello and welcome to the AandF podcast. *Warning!* We will be leaning into gender stereotypes. So, it's been a while since we had a proper n...

Podcast 30 - Professional Relationships In this episode, we explore the power and complexity of professional relationships - how they shape...

Hello and welcome to conversations from the AandF podcast. In this episode I speak to Dan Boxall-Simpson, he’s returned to the podcast to up...

Hello and welcome to the A&F podcast. In this episode we’re focusing our gaze on the issue of adoption disruption. It’s a hugely sensitive s...

Hello and welcome to conversations from the A&F podcast. In this episode I speak to adoptee Andy Wallis. We talk about his experience of bei...

I speak to Fiona Wells, social worker, #adopter, #adoptee and #adoption reform campaigner about where we are this #NationalAdoptionWeek. We...

Hello and welcome to the A&F podcast. As part of our look at the issue of adoption disruption in this episode I chat to Charlotte Jenkins. S...

This month we’re exploring how our different lenses - our lived experiences, values, and professional knowledge, shape the way we see and in...

Hello and welcome to conversations from the A&F podcast. In this episode I speak to adoptive parent Cath who is parenting from a distance, a...

Hello and welcome to our Kinship week live with Dr Paul Shuttleworth. We chat about the voices of children and Dr Paul's new book, Listening...

Hello and welcome to the A&F podcast. Over the next episodes we’re focusing our gaze on the issue of adoption disruption. It’s a hugely sens...

Hello and welcome to this episode of the A&F podcast, we're on the cusp of Kinship week so we look a the report published this week "Handle...

Hello and welcome to the A&F podcast. Over the coming episodes we’re focusing our gaze on the issue of adoption disruption. It’s a hugely se...

Hello and welcome to the A&F podcast. Over the next episodes we’re focusing our gaze on the issue of adoption disruption. It’s a hugely sens...

Hello and welcome to this, what feels like a marker in the year, episode looking at the 2025 Adoption Barometer ( click here ). We get AUK’s...

Hello and welcome to conversations from the A&F Network. In this episode I speak to Caitlyn Newblé the CEO and founder of All in the therapy...

This month’s podcast is all about Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). It’s a tough but really important conversation. We chat about how...