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Safeguarding in Adoption Conference - Al Coates

27:56

Safeguarding in Adoption Conference - Sarah Johal

46:49

Conversations - Foster Carers Mobeena and Wajid

28:22

Episode 199 - Eight Year Anniversary Get Together .

32:15

Conversations - Dr Elaine Machett

54:44

Episode 195 - Creative Life Story Work with Jenny Young

51:19

Episode 200 - Christmas Special and 200th Episode Celebration

Hello and welcome to episode 200 from the A&F Network and our 2024 Christmas special.
We've shipped in the wonderful Mark Owers to guest host a proper retrospective podcast unpicking a whole raft of episodes, anecdotes and think about why we started the podcast and looked at the highlights. Mark weaves in Christmas questions and we think about what the future holds.
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
Listen/subscribe on iTunes here or Spotify here

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Safeguarding in Adoption Conference - Al Coates

27:56

Safeguarding in Adoption Conference - Al Coates

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Source: www.podbean.com/eau/pb-wwwst-176e213 Hello and welcome to a slightly unusual series of episodes of the A&F podcast. In September I joined Fiona wells from PATCH, Friend of the show Vicki McKeown and strategic lead for Adoption England Sarah Johal to speak at the Safeguarding in Adoption online conference. With over 500 tickets requested we were overwhelmed with the interest in this subj...

Safeguarding in Adoption Conference - Sarah Johal

46:49

Safeguarding in Adoption Conference - Sarah Johal

มุมมอง 2814 วันที่ผ่านมา

Source: www.podbean.com/eau/pb-jqdwf-1722c76 Hello and welcome to a slightly unusual series of episodes of the A&F podcast. In September I joined Fiona wells from PATCH, Friend of the show Vicki McKeown and strategic lead for Adoption England Sarah Johal to speak at the Safeguarding in Adoption online conference. With over 500 tickets requested we were overwhelmed with the interest in this subj...

Conversations - Foster Carers Mobeena and Wajid

28:22

Conversations - Foster Carers Mobeena and Wajid

มุมมอง 2021 วันที่ผ่านมา

Source: www.podbean.com/eau/pb-46ryj-16dcfb1 Hello and welcome to conversations from the A&F Network. In this episode I speak to Mobeena and Wajid foster carers for Hillingdon Council. They describe a positive experience of choosing to be foster carers as their own children grew older and of welcoming a child into their home on a long term basis. As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fost...

Episode 199 - Eight Year Anniversary Get Together .

32:15

Episode 199 - Eight Year Anniversary Get Together .

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Source: www.podbean.com/eau/pb-676ke-1722bed Hello and welcome to episode 199 from the A&F Network. Well, it's been eight years since we started and that coincided with us being together in Ireland. So, we kick back in Scott's kitchen, catch up on events and reflect on stuff. As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professio...

54:44

Conversations - Dr Elaine Machett

มุมมอง 64หลายเดือนก่อน

Source: www.podbean.com/eau/pb-844av-16dcfaa Hello and welcome to conversations from the A&F Network. In this episode I speak to Dr Elaine Machett a solo adoptive parent. Drawing on her own personal experience she shares the results of her interviews with adoptive parents in relation to the challenges they faced when their children first moved in. As well as being a huge transition and stress f...

Episode 195 - Creative Life Story Work with Jenny Young

51:19

Episode 195 - Creative Life Story Work with Jenny Young

มุมมอง 783 หลายเดือนก่อน

Source: www.podbean.com/eau/pb-v3kjb-16db900 Hello and welcome to this episode, it's a fascinating chat with our guest Jenny Young the founder and Director of We are Blue Cabin they work to 'develop and strengthen relationships between care experienced individuals and the people in their lives through creative activities.'. Click here to look at their website It's a really interesting conversat...

49:31

Conversations - Megan Tanner

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Source: www.podbean.com/eau/pb-gujbh-164a538 Hello and welcome to conversations from the A&F Network. In this episode we catch up with foster carer Megan, we spoke to her in the autumn of 2022 as she was about to set out on a new adventure in Africa. Megan catches us up with the work she’s been doing and the book that she’s been writing. She shares her own lived experience as a neuro-divergent ...

Episode 194 - Summer news with Scott, Al & Fiona Wells

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Episode 194 - Summer news with Scott, Al & Fiona Wells

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Source: www.podbean.com/eau/pb-dztpu-16c441a It's been a busy old summer. In this episode we catch up with family changes, business changes and generally updates from the two. It's been a busy summer for everyone but now we're at the new term we're thinking ahead. Scott shares some updates with FASD Ireland and Al in relation to the Churchill Fellowship. We asked Fiona Wells to come and share h...

Episode 173 - Historic Adoption Policy with Dr Michael Lambert

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Episode 173 - Historic Adoption Policy with Dr Michael Lambert

มุมมอง 1103 หลายเดือนก่อน

Source: www.podbean.com/eau/pb-ma2ik-149c91e Scott and Al are having a week off! both taking a pause after a busy year and before a busy autumn. So, rather than do nothing we're re releasing a cracking episode from last year that is well worth a revisit. In this episode we speak to NHS historian Dr Michael Lambert. He has looked at the historic evidence of Government policy to promote and facil...

Conversations - Bethan Pell, Child to Parent Violence

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Conversations - Bethan Pell, Child to Parent Violence

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Source: www.podbean.com/eau/pb-8ay2k-168406d Hello and welcome to this episode of the Adoption and Fostering Podcast. This episode is halfway between a conversation and a normal episode. I had the opportunity to speak to Bethan Pell Doctoral Researcher at Cardiff University. She’s looking Child and Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse (CAPVA) in the context of Wales. It’s a fascinating study...

Episode 193 - The For Baby's Sake Trust with CEO Lauren Seager-Smith

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Episode 193 - The For Baby's Sake Trust with CEO Lauren Seager-Smith

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Source: www.podbean.com/eau/pb-hjg54-16a15bd Hello and welcome to the A&F Podcast. In this episode we speak to Lauren Seager-Smith CEO of The For Baby's Sake Trust charity working UK-wide to break the cycle of domestic abuse and empower parents to give their babies the best start in life. For many children in the care system or previously in the care system domestic abuse has been a part of the...

Adoption Conversations - Adult Adoptee and Solo Adopter Susie James

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Adoption Conversations - Adult Adoptee and Solo Adopter Susie James

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Source: www.podbean.com/eau/pb-g4z2p-15e5122 Hello and welcome to conversations from the A&F Network. In this episode I speak to Susie James and adult adoptee and a solo adoptive parents. She shares her experience of growing up adopted and navigating reunion with her birth mother as a young woman. Susie is now embarking on a PhD looking at post adoption support for solo adopters inspired by her...

Webcast with Fiona Wells talking Adoption Crisis and Safeguarding in Adoption.

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Webcast with Fiona Wells talking Adoption Crisis and Safeguarding in Adoption.

มุมมอง 674 หลายเดือนก่อน

Source: www.podbean.com/eau/pb-9gvjd-1689514 In this webcast Al speaks to Fiona Wells founder of Patch and author of 2023's Adoption Crisis report. We're chatting about the report and what conversations it's started as well as the upcoming 'safeguarding in Adoption' online conference planned for the 24th September. It's free and you can book a place here. As always if you’ve experience of adopt...

Conversations - German Foster Carer Marie

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Conversations - German Foster Carer Marie

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Source: www.podbean.com/eau/pb-xae5z-15bb38b Hello and welcome to conversations from the A&F Network. In this episode I speak to Marie a German Foster Carer. She got in touch to offer some insight to the German system and how fostering is viewed and arranged there. It’s a fascinating subject with that highlights as many differences as there are similarities. We’d love to hear from any other car...