Adoption Matters
@adoptionmatters.bsky.social
Children’s charity, voluntary adoption agency, covering the North of England, we offer ongoing support & training to families. Our not-for-profit fostering agency, Foster Care Matters, launched in 2024.
#AdoptionMatters #FosterCareMatters
#AdoptionMatters #FosterCareMatters
Let's take another look at the campaign video for #NationalAdoptionWeek 2025 🥰
'A Welcome Home' focused on the fact that #adoption isn’t about perfection – it is about creating a space where a child feels safe, loved, and truly at home.
🧡 Read more about the campaign here: buff.ly/sCgtHpA
'A Welcome Home' focused on the fact that #adoption isn’t about perfection – it is about creating a space where a child feels safe, loved, and truly at home.
🧡 Read more about the campaign here: buff.ly/sCgtHpA
December 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Let's take another look at the campaign video for #NationalAdoptionWeek 2025 🥰
'A Welcome Home' focused on the fact that #adoption isn’t about perfection – it is about creating a space where a child feels safe, loved, and truly at home.
🧡 Read more about the campaign here: buff.ly/sCgtHpA
'A Welcome Home' focused on the fact that #adoption isn’t about perfection – it is about creating a space where a child feels safe, loved, and truly at home.
🧡 Read more about the campaign here: buff.ly/sCgtHpA
👉 Reminder - there are still two more chances to learn more about #adoption and #AdoptionMatters in 2025.
Our Online Adoption Information Events are a great way to find out more about the adoption process and the adoption support that we offer.
🔗 Join us: buff.ly/1DdmQb5
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#YouCanAdopt
Our Online Adoption Information Events are a great way to find out more about the adoption process and the adoption support that we offer.
🔗 Join us: buff.ly/1DdmQb5
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#YouCanAdopt
December 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
👉 Reminder - there are still two more chances to learn more about #adoption and #AdoptionMatters in 2025.
Our Online Adoption Information Events are a great way to find out more about the adoption process and the adoption support that we offer.
🔗 Join us: buff.ly/1DdmQb5
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#YouCanAdopt
Our Online Adoption Information Events are a great way to find out more about the adoption process and the adoption support that we offer.
🔗 Join us: buff.ly/1DdmQb5
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#YouCanAdopt
Some of the wonderful people that have helped us to make a difference in 2025 🧡
Could you fundraise for us in 2026? Annie, our Fundraising and Relationship Manager, would love to hear from you.
💫 We will be here to support you with fundraising materials and plenty of motivation.
📱 buff.ly/3REeQOO
Could you fundraise for us in 2026? Annie, our Fundraising and Relationship Manager, would love to hear from you.
💫 We will be here to support you with fundraising materials and plenty of motivation.
📱 buff.ly/3REeQOO
December 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Some of the wonderful people that have helped us to make a difference in 2025 🧡
Could you fundraise for us in 2026? Annie, our Fundraising and Relationship Manager, would love to hear from you.
💫 We will be here to support you with fundraising materials and plenty of motivation.
📱 buff.ly/3REeQOO
Could you fundraise for us in 2026? Annie, our Fundraising and Relationship Manager, would love to hear from you.
💫 We will be here to support you with fundraising materials and plenty of motivation.
📱 buff.ly/3REeQOO
Children are at the HEART of everything we do 🧡
Our vision is to have a world where all children grow up with the security and benefit of a safe and loving home that supports their individual needs, enabling them to reach their full potential.
👉 Read our Statement of Purpose: buff.ly/oYPXtfb
Our vision is to have a world where all children grow up with the security and benefit of a safe and loving home that supports their individual needs, enabling them to reach their full potential.
👉 Read our Statement of Purpose: buff.ly/oYPXtfb
December 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Children are at the HEART of everything we do 🧡
Our vision is to have a world where all children grow up with the security and benefit of a safe and loving home that supports their individual needs, enabling them to reach their full potential.
👉 Read our Statement of Purpose: buff.ly/oYPXtfb
Our vision is to have a world where all children grow up with the security and benefit of a safe and loving home that supports their individual needs, enabling them to reach their full potential.
👉 Read our Statement of Purpose: buff.ly/oYPXtfb
🗣️ "My social worker at #AdoptionMatters is like a friend - she has been with me from day one.”
From the first phone call to the first grandchild - we are here for our families.
🫶 Read more of Ruth's story here: buff.ly/ShnSGcU
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#YouCanAdopt #Adoption #AdopterChoice
From the first phone call to the first grandchild - we are here for our families.
🫶 Read more of Ruth's story here: buff.ly/ShnSGcU
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#YouCanAdopt #Adoption #AdopterChoice
December 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🗣️ "My social worker at #AdoptionMatters is like a friend - she has been with me from day one.”
From the first phone call to the first grandchild - we are here for our families.
🫶 Read more of Ruth's story here: buff.ly/ShnSGcU
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#YouCanAdopt #Adoption #AdopterChoice
From the first phone call to the first grandchild - we are here for our families.
🫶 Read more of Ruth's story here: buff.ly/ShnSGcU
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#YouCanAdopt #Adoption #AdopterChoice
Hello December ❄️
👇 There are two more opportunities to attend one of our Online #Adoption Information Events in 2025.
Learn more about our #Adoption, our #ChildrensCharity and the #AdoptionSupport that we offer.
🧡 Register here: buff.ly/ZYMoTrS
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#YouCanAdopt
👇 There are two more opportunities to attend one of our Online #Adoption Information Events in 2025.
Learn more about our #Adoption, our #ChildrensCharity and the #AdoptionSupport that we offer.
🧡 Register here: buff.ly/ZYMoTrS
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#YouCanAdopt
December 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Hello December ❄️
👇 There are two more opportunities to attend one of our Online #Adoption Information Events in 2025.
Learn more about our #Adoption, our #ChildrensCharity and the #AdoptionSupport that we offer.
🧡 Register here: buff.ly/ZYMoTrS
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#YouCanAdopt
👇 There are two more opportunities to attend one of our Online #Adoption Information Events in 2025.
Learn more about our #Adoption, our #ChildrensCharity and the #AdoptionSupport that we offer.
🧡 Register here: buff.ly/ZYMoTrS
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#YouCanAdopt
Say hello to Peter and Andrew...and a lot of stickers!😆
Peter and Andrew adopted with #AdoptionMatters and their little boy was placed during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020.
🔗 Read their story: buff.ly/REQUp32
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#YouCanAdopt #Adoption #AdopterChoice
Peter and Andrew adopted with #AdoptionMatters and their little boy was placed during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020.
🔗 Read their story: buff.ly/REQUp32
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#YouCanAdopt #Adoption #AdopterChoice
November 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Say hello to Peter and Andrew...and a lot of stickers!😆
Peter and Andrew adopted with #AdoptionMatters and their little boy was placed during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020.
🔗 Read their story: buff.ly/REQUp32
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#YouCanAdopt #Adoption #AdopterChoice
Peter and Andrew adopted with #AdoptionMatters and their little boy was placed during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020.
🔗 Read their story: buff.ly/REQUp32
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#YouCanAdopt #Adoption #AdopterChoice
"This is without a doubt the best thing we've ever done." 🥰
Hayley and Andy welcomed their little boy home in 2022 and they haven't looked back since.
Want to learn more about #adoption? Contact us: buff.ly/mhGE5jv
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#YouCanAdopt #AdoptionMatters
Hayley and Andy welcomed their little boy home in 2022 and they haven't looked back since.
Want to learn more about #adoption? Contact us: buff.ly/mhGE5jv
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#YouCanAdopt #AdoptionMatters
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
"This is without a doubt the best thing we've ever done." 🥰
Hayley and Andy welcomed their little boy home in 2022 and they haven't looked back since.
Want to learn more about #adoption? Contact us: buff.ly/mhGE5jv
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#YouCanAdopt #AdoptionMatters
Hayley and Andy welcomed their little boy home in 2022 and they haven't looked back since.
Want to learn more about #adoption? Contact us: buff.ly/mhGE5jv
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#YouCanAdopt #AdoptionMatters
With December upon us, we are resharing 'A Trauma Informed Christmas' - a video created by Claire from our Centre for #Fostering and #Adoption Support 💙
📽️ We hope this video will help you to navigate some challenges that you may face this festive period: buff.ly/pjFexXu
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#AdoptionMatters
📽️ We hope this video will help you to navigate some challenges that you may face this festive period: buff.ly/pjFexXu
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#AdoptionMatters
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
With December upon us, we are resharing 'A Trauma Informed Christmas' - a video created by Claire from our Centre for #Fostering and #Adoption Support 💙
📽️ We hope this video will help you to navigate some challenges that you may face this festive period: buff.ly/pjFexXu
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#AdoptionMatters
📽️ We hope this video will help you to navigate some challenges that you may face this festive period: buff.ly/pjFexXu
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#AdoptionMatters
✨ Last night our Marketing Manager, Jenny, put the finishing touches on our #Charity Christmas Tree for the #ChesterCathedral Christmas Tree Festival 🎄
Our tree (No. 33!) shines a light on an important message: The many children who will spend this Christmas in care across the globe 💙
Our tree (No. 33!) shines a light on an important message: The many children who will spend this Christmas in care across the globe 💙
November 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
✨ Last night our Marketing Manager, Jenny, put the finishing touches on our #Charity Christmas Tree for the #ChesterCathedral Christmas Tree Festival 🎄
Our tree (No. 33!) shines a light on an important message: The many children who will spend this Christmas in care across the globe 💙
Our tree (No. 33!) shines a light on an important message: The many children who will spend this Christmas in care across the globe 💙
A big thank you to John Pass Jewellers and Newcastle-under-Lyme School who teamed up to give some of our families a magical Polar Express adventure earlier this month ❤️
🚂 Read all about it: buff.ly/1cgqort
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#ThePolarExpress #Adoption #AdoptionSupport
🚂 Read all about it: buff.ly/1cgqort
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#ThePolarExpress #Adoption #AdoptionSupport
November 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A big thank you to John Pass Jewellers and Newcastle-under-Lyme School who teamed up to give some of our families a magical Polar Express adventure earlier this month ❤️
🚂 Read all about it: buff.ly/1cgqort
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#ThePolarExpress #Adoption #AdoptionSupport
🚂 Read all about it: buff.ly/1cgqort
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#ThePolarExpress #Adoption #AdoptionSupport
There is still time to join us at our next Online #Adoption Information Event 🧡
Spend your Thursday lunch time with us and learn more about #AdoptionMatters, the support that we offer and the adoption process.
📱 Register here: buff.ly/awQK6Wl
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#YouCanAdopt #AdopterChoice
Spend your Thursday lunch time with us and learn more about #AdoptionMatters, the support that we offer and the adoption process.
📱 Register here: buff.ly/awQK6Wl
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#YouCanAdopt #AdopterChoice
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
There is still time to join us at our next Online #Adoption Information Event 🧡
Spend your Thursday lunch time with us and learn more about #AdoptionMatters, the support that we offer and the adoption process.
📱 Register here: buff.ly/awQK6Wl
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#YouCanAdopt #AdopterChoice
Spend your Thursday lunch time with us and learn more about #AdoptionMatters, the support that we offer and the adoption process.
📱 Register here: buff.ly/awQK6Wl
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#YouCanAdopt #AdopterChoice
Become part of the #AdoptionMatters team as one of our Adoption Enquiry Advisers 🧡
This is an exciting opportunity to join and support an innovative #ChildrensCharity on a fixed term contract to cover secondment.
👉 Learn more: buff.ly/R7arIki
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#Chester #Vacancy
This is an exciting opportunity to join and support an innovative #ChildrensCharity on a fixed term contract to cover secondment.
👉 Learn more: buff.ly/R7arIki
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#Chester #Vacancy
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Become part of the #AdoptionMatters team as one of our Adoption Enquiry Advisers 🧡
This is an exciting opportunity to join and support an innovative #ChildrensCharity on a fixed term contract to cover secondment.
👉 Learn more: buff.ly/R7arIki
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#Chester #Vacancy
This is an exciting opportunity to join and support an innovative #ChildrensCharity on a fixed term contract to cover secondment.
👉 Learn more: buff.ly/R7arIki
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#Chester #Vacancy
Meet Rumi and Neel 👋
Rumi and Neel welcomed their daughter home last year and they have shared that #adoption has been the most meaningful experience of their lives ❤️
Ready to take the first step of your adoption journey? Get in touch: buff.ly/GOYokKO
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#YouCanAdopt #AdoptionMatters
Rumi and Neel welcomed their daughter home last year and they have shared that #adoption has been the most meaningful experience of their lives ❤️
Ready to take the first step of your adoption journey? Get in touch: buff.ly/GOYokKO
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#YouCanAdopt #AdoptionMatters
November 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Meet Rumi and Neel 👋
Rumi and Neel welcomed their daughter home last year and they have shared that #adoption has been the most meaningful experience of their lives ❤️
Ready to take the first step of your adoption journey? Get in touch: buff.ly/GOYokKO
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#YouCanAdopt #AdoptionMatters
Rumi and Neel welcomed their daughter home last year and they have shared that #adoption has been the most meaningful experience of their lives ❤️
Ready to take the first step of your adoption journey? Get in touch: buff.ly/GOYokKO
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#YouCanAdopt #AdoptionMatters
A big thank you to all #CoopUK members who support #AdoptionMatters 💙
The funding helps us to provide more support to more adoptive families, adoptive adults and birth families.
For more information how to become a member and choose a cause, please visit: buff.ly/VSJjnxF
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#CoopCelebration
The funding helps us to provide more support to more adoptive families, adoptive adults and birth families.
For more information how to become a member and choose a cause, please visit: buff.ly/VSJjnxF
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#CoopCelebration
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A big thank you to all #CoopUK members who support #AdoptionMatters 💙
The funding helps us to provide more support to more adoptive families, adoptive adults and birth families.
For more information how to become a member and choose a cause, please visit: buff.ly/VSJjnxF
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#CoopCelebration
The funding helps us to provide more support to more adoptive families, adoptive adults and birth families.
For more information how to become a member and choose a cause, please visit: buff.ly/VSJjnxF
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#CoopCelebration
Support #AdoptionMatters and sign up to play our #CharityLottery today ❤️
Not only can you win an incredible prize, you will also be helping us to continue to offer our enhanced and ongoing support to children, families and adopted adults.
🔗 Sign up here: bit.ly/ADMATTWEB
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#Charity #Lottery
Not only can you win an incredible prize, you will also be helping us to continue to offer our enhanced and ongoing support to children, families and adopted adults.
🔗 Sign up here: bit.ly/ADMATTWEB
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#Charity #Lottery
November 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Support #AdoptionMatters and sign up to play our #CharityLottery today ❤️
Not only can you win an incredible prize, you will also be helping us to continue to offer our enhanced and ongoing support to children, families and adopted adults.
🔗 Sign up here: bit.ly/ADMATTWEB
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#Charity #Lottery
Not only can you win an incredible prize, you will also be helping us to continue to offer our enhanced and ongoing support to children, families and adopted adults.
🔗 Sign up here: bit.ly/ADMATTWEB
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#Charity #Lottery
It's #WorldChildrensDay 💫
Children and young people are catalysts of hope, sparking ideas that light the path to a brighter tomorrow 🧡
Read more about World Children's Day: buff.ly/mztrnqt
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#UNICEF #ForEveryChildren
Children and young people are catalysts of hope, sparking ideas that light the path to a brighter tomorrow 🧡
Read more about World Children's Day: buff.ly/mztrnqt
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#UNICEF #ForEveryChildren
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It's #WorldChildrensDay 💫
Children and young people are catalysts of hope, sparking ideas that light the path to a brighter tomorrow 🧡
Read more about World Children's Day: buff.ly/mztrnqt
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#UNICEF #ForEveryChildren
Children and young people are catalysts of hope, sparking ideas that light the path to a brighter tomorrow 🧡
Read more about World Children's Day: buff.ly/mztrnqt
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#UNICEF #ForEveryChildren
🚨 A brand new Centre for #Fostering and #Adoption Support (CFAS) webinar is launching next week...
➡️ Find out more details here: buff.ly/b5Tvc5C
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#AdoptionSupport #FosteringSupport
➡️ Find out more details here: buff.ly/b5Tvc5C
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#AdoptionSupport #FosteringSupport
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🚨 A brand new Centre for #Fostering and #Adoption Support (CFAS) webinar is launching next week...
➡️ Find out more details here: buff.ly/b5Tvc5C
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#AdoptionSupport #FosteringSupport
➡️ Find out more details here: buff.ly/b5Tvc5C
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#AdoptionSupport #FosteringSupport
Last night, our Fundraising and Relationship Manager, Annie, together with our Marketing Manager, Jenny had the privilege of a behind the scenes tour of #BBC Studios in #Salford with Roger Johnson.
🥰 From the Receptionist to the Security Team, every member of staff made them feel like true VIP's.
🥰 From the Receptionist to the Security Team, every member of staff made them feel like true VIP's.
November 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Mondays are for #adoption myth busting ❌
👉 More here: buff.ly/gckP2Hh
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#YouCanAdopt #AdoptionFAQ #AdopterChoice
👉 More here: buff.ly/gckP2Hh
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#YouCanAdopt #AdoptionFAQ #AdopterChoice
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Mondays are for #adoption myth busting ❌
👉 More here: buff.ly/gckP2Hh
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#YouCanAdopt #AdoptionFAQ #AdopterChoice
👉 More here: buff.ly/gckP2Hh
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#YouCanAdopt #AdoptionFAQ #AdopterChoice
A huge thank you to Chester Race Company and @mbna for generously gifting 50 tickets to our families for the spectacular Lord Mayor’s Fireworks at @chesterraces on Saturday 08 November 🎆
We are so grateful to our local business community for helping us create unforgettable experiences like this ❤️
We are so grateful to our local business community for helping us create unforgettable experiences like this ❤️
November 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
A huge thank you to Chester Race Company and @mbna for generously gifting 50 tickets to our families for the spectacular Lord Mayor’s Fireworks at @chesterraces on Saturday 08 November 🎆
We are so grateful to our local business community for helping us create unforgettable experiences like this ❤️
We are so grateful to our local business community for helping us create unforgettable experiences like this ❤️
Emma and Mike didn’t let home ownership or health conditions stand in their way of #adoption 💫
Emma lives with chronic fatigue and Mike has ADHD and dyspraxia – but rather than barriers, these shaped their decision to adopt older children.
🧡 Read more here: buff.ly/R3cMQSe
Emma lives with chronic fatigue and Mike has ADHD and dyspraxia – but rather than barriers, these shaped their decision to adopt older children.
🧡 Read more here: buff.ly/R3cMQSe
November 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Emma and Mike didn’t let home ownership or health conditions stand in their way of #adoption 💫
Emma lives with chronic fatigue and Mike has ADHD and dyspraxia – but rather than barriers, these shaped their decision to adopt older children.
🧡 Read more here: buff.ly/R3cMQSe
Emma lives with chronic fatigue and Mike has ADHD and dyspraxia – but rather than barriers, these shaped their decision to adopt older children.
🧡 Read more here: buff.ly/R3cMQSe
Keen to learn more about #adoption? Join us at our next Online #Adoption Information Event 🧡
Whether you’re exploring your options for the future or just curious to learn more, our team is ready to talk to you to provide you with honest guidance and helpful information.
Sign up: buff.ly/UGVivtG
Whether you’re exploring your options for the future or just curious to learn more, our team is ready to talk to you to provide you with honest guidance and helpful information.
Sign up: buff.ly/UGVivtG
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Keen to learn more about #adoption? Join us at our next Online #Adoption Information Event 🧡
Whether you’re exploring your options for the future or just curious to learn more, our team is ready to talk to you to provide you with honest guidance and helpful information.
Sign up: buff.ly/UGVivtG
Whether you’re exploring your options for the future or just curious to learn more, our team is ready to talk to you to provide you with honest guidance and helpful information.
Sign up: buff.ly/UGVivtG
🗣️ “There are days when the house feels like total chaos and balancing everyone’s needs and moods can be exhausting.
"But we are blessed with love and an incredible family to support us and we make it work.” 🧡
Arfaan and Sadia adopted their three boys with #AdoptionMatters.
👉 buff.ly/EEmDXA7
"But we are blessed with love and an incredible family to support us and we make it work.” 🧡
Arfaan and Sadia adopted their three boys with #AdoptionMatters.
👉 buff.ly/EEmDXA7
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🗣️ “There are days when the house feels like total chaos and balancing everyone’s needs and moods can be exhausting.
"But we are blessed with love and an incredible family to support us and we make it work.” 🧡
Arfaan and Sadia adopted their three boys with #AdoptionMatters.
👉 buff.ly/EEmDXA7
"But we are blessed with love and an incredible family to support us and we make it work.” 🧡
Arfaan and Sadia adopted their three boys with #AdoptionMatters.
👉 buff.ly/EEmDXA7
Last year, a quarter (25%) of our newly approved adopters identified as LGBTQ+ 💫
#AdoptionMatters works hard at raising #adoption awareness within the LGBTQ+ community.
👉 Learn more: buff.ly/8aNr0D4
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#YouCanAdopt
#AdoptionMatters works hard at raising #adoption awareness within the LGBTQ+ community.
👉 Learn more: buff.ly/8aNr0D4
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#YouCanAdopt
November 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Last year, a quarter (25%) of our newly approved adopters identified as LGBTQ+ 💫
#AdoptionMatters works hard at raising #adoption awareness within the LGBTQ+ community.
👉 Learn more: buff.ly/8aNr0D4
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#YouCanAdopt
#AdoptionMatters works hard at raising #adoption awareness within the LGBTQ+ community.
👉 Learn more: buff.ly/8aNr0D4
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#YouCanAdopt