The Adoption and Fostering Podcast Al Coates & Scott Casson-Rennie

Hello and welcome to Episode 185 of the Adoption and Fostering Podcast. 
In this episode we interview  transnational/transracial Adoptee and Sexologist Anna Linde.
Anna's research, website and social media can be found below
Free Discovery call and my ”workbase” at Healing Exchange LLC:
https://www.healingxchg.com/booking-calendar/discovery-meeting-with-anna?category=0ec8fc3e-78a2-4ef9-921b-40851f4b1fa5&referral=service_list_widget
Intimacy coaching group for Adult Adoptees:https://www.healingxchg.com/intimacy-for-adult-adoptees
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We took our time getting to the interview so it starts at 
There were quite a few other things on our list to talk about prior to the interview, so some links below - 
You can read the statistics for the Adopters and Special Guardian Fund here.
The Ofsted article is also here. 
You can watch Gay Adoption Grandad on TikTok here.
We’d love to hear from any other carers or adopters from far flung lands so if that’s you please do get in touch through the Facebook page, the app formerly known as Twitter or email us at AandFpodcast@gmail.com
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Hello and welcome to this episode of the Better Me Better Us Podcast with Vicki and Hayley.
As it’s National Stress Awareness Month we thought we’d talk about expectations both of ourselves and others and how it contributes to our stress levels.
We would love to hear your experiences and open up the conversation.
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Hello and welcome to  Conversations from the the A&F Network. 
In this episode I speak adult adoptee Courtney-Grace. She shares her experience of adoption and is frank in relation to the challenges she faced growing up and re entering the care system as a teenager. Courtney-Grace is honest and frank about the impact of her experiences and the challenges that she has navigated. 
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 page, the app formerly known as Twitter or email us at AandFpodcast@gmail.com
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In this episode we speak to Jenny Ginger in relation to her Phd looking at the issue of adopting when you've already got a biological child. 
It's a fascinating subject and we drew on Jenny's research and knowledge as well as a raft of interesting comments and questions that came from listeners though our FB page. You can read them here. 
We mentioned a new research project 'family routes' you can find more details of that here.
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 page, the app formerly known as Twitter or email us at AandFpodcast@gmail.com
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In this webcast we discuss the latest updates in the world of fostering and chat about FosterWiki’s latest independent survey. We cover a lot of ground and reference comments from our FB page here. Please follow and like to recieve notifications and info about what we're discussing and upcoming episodes. 
You can participate here in the FosterWiki survey here. 
We’d love to hear from any other carers or adopters from far flung lands so if that’s you please do get in touch through the Facebook page, the app formerly known as Twitter or email us at AandFpodcast@gmail.com
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This episode is an interview that Al did with Adopt 4 Life's Kathryn Connor and Murray Coulter looking at the support service that they provide for fathers experiencing challenging and violent and aggressive behaviour.  
You can check out their website here. 
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 page, the app formerly known as Twitter or email us at AandFpodcast@gmail.com
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