Al coates
@alcoates.bsky.social
SWer, Host of the Adoption and Fostering Podcast, Trainer, CyclistRunner, Dad, Adopter, exFC. All my own thoughts from my pretty little head ⭐️Churchill Fellow⭐️
Episode 234 - Adoption Announcement, ASGSF and Foster Care isn't a Job!
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Episode 234 - Adoption Announcement, ASGSF and Foster Care isn't a Job!
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 announcement on the Adoption & Special Guardianship S...
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February 17, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Episode 234 - Adoption Announcement, ASGSF and Foster Care isn't a Job!
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Keeping an eye on this, 100 year from the first UK legislation around adoption we see the ground shifting beneath us.
The UK Supreme Court to consider whether adoption orders can be set-aside on the basis of welfare grounds www.charlesrussellspeechlys.com/en/insights/...
The UK Supreme Court to consider whether adoption orders can be set-aside on the basis of welfare grounds www.charlesrussellspeechlys.com/en/insights/...
The UK Supreme Court to consider whether adoption orders can be set-aside on the basis of welfare grounds
The UK Supreme Court will sit today (Wednesday 4 February) to hear the case of X and Y (Children: Adoption Order: Setting Aside)...
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February 7, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Keeping an eye on this, 100 year from the first UK legislation around adoption we see the ground shifting beneath us.
The UK Supreme Court to consider whether adoption orders can be set-aside on the basis of welfare grounds www.charlesrussellspeechlys.com/en/insights/...
The UK Supreme Court to consider whether adoption orders can be set-aside on the basis of welfare grounds www.charlesrussellspeechlys.com/en/insights/...
It's a truism but if parents and carers are doing ok then children will do ok. but if parents/carers aren't then it's likely children aren't.
'When supporting children with trauma, we often forget foster carers' - Community Care www.communitycare.co.uk/content/news...
'When supporting children with trauma, we often forget foster carers' - Community Care www.communitycare.co.uk/content/news...
'When supporting children with trauma, we often forget foster carers' - Community Care
An experienced social worker explains why supporting foster carers is key to helping children with trauma
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January 31, 2026 at 10:21 AM
It's a truism but if parents and carers are doing ok then children will do ok. but if parents/carers aren't then it's likely children aren't.
'When supporting children with trauma, we often forget foster carers' - Community Care www.communitycare.co.uk/content/news...
'When supporting children with trauma, we often forget foster carers' - Community Care www.communitycare.co.uk/content/news...
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Good to hear @alcoates.bsky.social on BBC radio 4 World At One on this subject
Free - Managing challenging behaviour with children in kinship care workshop
The first session in January is full so I advise snapping up your spot asap!
#CPV #CCVAB #AFCCA
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The first session in January is full so I advise snapping up your spot asap!
#CPV #CCVAB #AFCCA
kinship.org.uk/support-and-...
Managing challenging behaviour with children in kinship care workshop
This free workshop will give you helpful information about managing challenging behavior and how to deal with it sensitively.
kinship.org.uk
January 1, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Good to hear @alcoates.bsky.social on BBC radio 4 World At One on this subject
Free - Managing challenging behaviour with children in kinship care workshop
The first session in January is full so I advise snapping up your spot asap!
#CPV #CCVAB #AFCCA
kinship.org.uk/support-and-...
The first session in January is full so I advise snapping up your spot asap!
#CPV #CCVAB #AFCCA
kinship.org.uk/support-and-...
Managing challenging behaviour with children in kinship care workshop
This free workshop will give you helpful information about managing challenging behavior and how to deal with it sensitively.
kinship.org.uk
December 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Free - Managing challenging behaviour with children in kinship care workshop
The first session in January is full so I advise snapping up your spot asap!
#CPV #CCVAB #AFCCA
kinship.org.uk/support-and-...
The first session in January is full so I advise snapping up your spot asap!
#CPV #CCVAB #AFCCA
kinship.org.uk/support-and-...
Support for child to parent abuse | College of Policing
#CCVAB #CPV #AFCCA
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#CCVAB #CPV #AFCCA
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Support for child to parent abuse | College of Policing
Raising awareness of child to parent abuse to ensure all frontline workers can recognise signs of harmful behaviour
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December 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Support for child to parent abuse | College of Policing
#CCVAB #CPV #AFCCA
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#CCVAB #CPV #AFCCA
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A really good read from Dr Maude Champagne for parents and carers who no longer live with children who have challenging and aggressive behaviour
#CCVAB #Parentingfromadistance #AFCCA #CPV
Recovery When Your Child who is aggressive no Longer Lives at Home
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#CCVAB #Parentingfromadistance #AFCCA #CPV
Recovery When Your Child who is aggressive no Longer Lives at Home
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Recovery When Your Child who is aggressive no Longer Lives at Home: A Journey Few Speak About
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December 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
A really good read from Dr Maude Champagne for parents and carers who no longer live with children who have challenging and aggressive behaviour
#CCVAB #Parentingfromadistance #AFCCA #CPV
Recovery When Your Child who is aggressive no Longer Lives at Home
www.maudechampagne.com/blog/recover...
#CCVAB #Parentingfromadistance #AFCCA #CPV
Recovery When Your Child who is aggressive no Longer Lives at Home
www.maudechampagne.com/blog/recover...
A really good read from Dr Maude Champagne for parents and carers who no longer live with children who have challenging and aggressive behaviour
#CCVAB #Parentingfromadistance #AFCCA #CPV
Recovery When Your Child who is aggressive no Longer Lives at Home
www.maudechampagne.com/blog/recover...
#CCVAB #Parentingfromadistance #AFCCA #CPV
Recovery When Your Child who is aggressive no Longer Lives at Home
www.maudechampagne.com/blog/recover...
Recovery When Your Child who is aggressive no Longer Lives at Home: A Journey Few Speak About
www.maudechampagne.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
A really good read from Dr Maude Champagne for parents and carers who no longer live with children who have challenging and aggressive behaviour
#CCVAB #Parentingfromadistance #AFCCA #CPV
Recovery When Your Child who is aggressive no Longer Lives at Home
www.maudechampagne.com/blog/recover...
#CCVAB #Parentingfromadistance #AFCCA #CPV
Recovery When Your Child who is aggressive no Longer Lives at Home
www.maudechampagne.com/blog/recover...
ICO promises legal action over ‘traumatic’ UK care-record access
ICO promises legal action over ‘traumatic’ UK care-record access
Information regulator reminds council leaders of need for compassion when releasing files on childhood care
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December 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
ICO promises legal action over ‘traumatic’ UK care-record access
Episode 221 - Adoption Crisis and More
We catch up with the events of the week with #Adoption being in the news and #Fostering stats sneaking under the radar.
#AdoptionPodcast
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We catch up with the events of the week with #Adoption being in the news and #Fostering stats sneaking under the radar.
#AdoptionPodcast
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Episode 221 - Adoption Crisis and More
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 crisis we focus in on that in this episode as well as the respo...
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December 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Episode 221 - Adoption Crisis and More
We catch up with the events of the week with #Adoption being in the news and #Fostering stats sneaking under the radar.
#AdoptionPodcast
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We catch up with the events of the week with #Adoption being in the news and #Fostering stats sneaking under the radar.
#AdoptionPodcast
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“Farage has suggested that it’s inconceivable that anyone could recall such events of more than four decades ago. I would simply ask: can a victim of such abuse ever forget?…I recognise his walk every time I see it on TV as that same walk that used to approach me”
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I’ll never forget the look of hatred Nigel Farage had for me at school, simply for existing
The Reform UK leader doubts people can recall their abuse from years ago. I’ve never forgotten his – it felt malicious
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December 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
“Farage has suggested that it’s inconceivable that anyone could recall such events of more than four decades ago. I would simply ask: can a victim of such abuse ever forget?…I recognise his walk every time I see it on TV as that same walk that used to approach me”
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Rotherham to overhaul foster care after death of Marcia Grant www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rotherham to overhaul foster care after death of Marcia Grant
Marcia Grant died after a 12-year-old boy she was looking after reversed a car into her.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Rotherham to overhaul foster care after death of Marcia Grant www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
In this Podcast we unpack the Adoption Forum conference looking at maintaining family links in adoption.
#Adoption #AdoptionPodcast
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#Adoption #AdoptionPodcast
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Conference Report - The Adoption Forum
Podcast Episode · The Adoption and Fostering Podcast · 29/11/2025 · 26m
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December 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
In this Podcast we unpack the Adoption Forum conference looking at maintaining family links in adoption.
#Adoption #AdoptionPodcast
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#Adoption #AdoptionPodcast
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In this Podcast we unpack the Adoption Forum conference looking at maintaining family links in adoption.
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Conference Report - The Adoption Forum | The Adoption and Fostering Podcast
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. Their goal is to bridge law, policy, and lived experience and ...
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November 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
In this Podcast we unpack the Adoption Forum conference looking at maintaining family links in adoption.
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In this week's Adoption and Fostering Postcast
I speak to former foster carer Amelie, she share her experience of allegations and catastrophic implications for her household.
#Fostering #Fostercare #podcast
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I speak to former foster carer Amelie, she share her experience of allegations and catastrophic implications for her household.
#Fostering #Fostercare #podcast
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November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
In this week's Adoption and Fostering Postcast
I speak to former foster carer Amelie, she share her experience of allegations and catastrophic implications for her household.
#Fostering #Fostercare #podcast
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I speak to former foster carer Amelie, she share her experience of allegations and catastrophic implications for her household.
#Fostering #Fostercare #podcast
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The Adoption and Fostering Podcast
This week I speak to former foster carer Amelie, she share her experience of allegations and catastrophic implications for her household.
#Fostering #Fostercare #Podcast
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This week I speak to former foster carer Amelie, she share her experience of allegations and catastrophic implications for her household.
#Fostering #Fostercare #Podcast
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The Adoption and Fostering Podcast | Al Coates & Scott Casson-Rennie
Conversation & discussion on contemporary Adoption & Fostering
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November 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The Adoption and Fostering Podcast
This week I speak to former foster carer Amelie, she share her experience of allegations and catastrophic implications for her household.
#Fostering #Fostercare #Podcast
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This week I speak to former foster carer Amelie, she share her experience of allegations and catastrophic implications for her household.
#Fostering #Fostercare #Podcast
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Today we are in Cavan delivering Introduction to Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in person!
Our thanks to Teach Oscail Family Resource Centre for inviting us back to present this training again.
Our thanks to Teach Oscail Family Resource Centre for inviting us back to present this training again.
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Today we are in Cavan delivering Introduction to Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in person!
Our thanks to Teach Oscail Family Resource Centre for inviting us back to present this training again.
Our thanks to Teach Oscail Family Resource Centre for inviting us back to present this training again.
Home: A blog
For many parents and carers of children who have experienced trauma and early life adversity the home is not a safe place.
#Adoption #Kinship #CCVAB #AFCCA #CPV
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For many parents and carers of children who have experienced trauma and early life adversity the home is not a safe place.
#Adoption #Kinship #CCVAB #AFCCA #CPV
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Home
Sitting in the car, engine off, in front of my house. I’m sure many can relate to the feeling of calm before a coming storm.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Episode 220 - Dads' Mental Health - Movember
We chat about the impact of parenting on dads' mental health and think about the added complexity of parenting children with complex needs.
#Adoption #SEN #Movember #MentalHealthAwareness #Podcast
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We chat about the impact of parenting on dads' mental health and think about the added complexity of parenting children with complex needs.
#Adoption #SEN #Movember #MentalHealthAwareness #Podcast
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Episode 220 - Dads' Mental Health - Movember
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 natter so we catch up then dive into the tricky issue of men...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Episode 220 - Dads' Mental Health - Movember
We chat about the impact of parenting on dads' mental health and think about the added complexity of parenting children with complex needs.
#Adoption #SEN #Movember #MentalHealthAwareness #Podcast
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We chat about the impact of parenting on dads' mental health and think about the added complexity of parenting children with complex needs.
#Adoption #SEN #Movember #MentalHealthAwareness #Podcast
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All schools in England to be given AI-generated pupil attendance targets
All schools in England to be given AI-generated pupil attendance targets
Unions decry move, saying it will put more pressure on headteachers without tackling absence from classrooms
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November 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
All schools in England to be given AI-generated pupil attendance targets
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New episode out today!
#adoption #adoptiondisruption
With Vicki McKeown
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#adoption #adoptiondisruption
With Vicki McKeown
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Adoption Disruption - Vicki McKeown, social worker, counsellor and panel member
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November 1, 2025 at 7:02 AM
New episode out today!
#adoption #adoptiondisruption
With Vicki McKeown
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#adoption #adoptiondisruption
With Vicki McKeown
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It's been a huge point of discussion in the WwF group this week. I think that the most interesting/concerning being that often it feels like a label to further castigate parents and carers.
“Blocked Care” and “Blocked Trust” in Adoptive and Foster Families
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“Blocked Care” and “Blocked Trust” in Adoptive and Foster Families
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“Blocked Care” and “Blocked Trust” in Adoptive and Foster Families
A hidden shame is felt by many adoptive and foster families. Blocked care and blocked trust are likely at the root of it.
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November 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
It's been a huge point of discussion in the WwF group this week. I think that the most interesting/concerning being that often it feels like a label to further castigate parents and carers.
“Blocked Care” and “Blocked Trust” in Adoptive and Foster Families
www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/full....
“Blocked Care” and “Blocked Trust” in Adoptive and Foster Families
www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/full....