Get your questions answered by a member of our friendly team
Throughout the year, our Adopt South West team members join community events (Pride, Respect Festival and more) across the region to meet people considering adoption, engage with families and promote adoption, while supporting the community. We’d love to see you, please come and say hello!
Meet our team at community events and find out more:
Considering adoption? Join one of our events today:
You can talk to adoption social workers and families who’ve adopted, watch a presentation, find out more about the application process, and get your questions answered.
If you live in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Devon, Plymouth, Somerset or Torbay and are thinking about adopting you can book a place at one of our adoption information events, 5:50pm to 8pm.
To note: Our online adoption information events are not for people who are related to the child. These are instead, partner (step-parent) information events – more information about partner events can be found below.
Our information events are often in high demand and the availability of dates will be shown on our Eventbrite booking page.
In her mid-40s, Zelda adopted three children after trying to start a family through IVF and attended an information in person (pre-COVID).
All our Adopt South West information events are held online, so you get to join from the comfort of your own home!
Partner adoption events
Partner adoption is a way in which you can become the legal parent of your partner’s child or children from previous marriage or relationship. Partner adoption was known as step-parent adoption.
We provide a safe, supportive space for birth parents to meet others with a shared experience of loss, to talk about difficult feelings, and to be supported in moving forward.
For adoptive families, we provide events:
Support activities – all (our main web page of all support events, and we sub-categorise as below)
April (Easter) holiday events for Adopt South West adoptive families Please come and join Sue and Louise from Adopt South West for another relaxed day [...]
April (Easter) holiday event for Adopt South West adoptive families Kim and Hilary from Adopt South West are looking for families to join them for [...]
Considering adoption? Register to join one of our online adoption information events. You can talk to adoption social workers and families who’ve adopted, watch a [...]
The Post-Grad Group is open to any adoptive parents, whether you have completed a Therapeutic Parenting Course or not, who would simply like to access [...]
Join Kim and Hilary from Adopt South West who are offering families a half-term Stay and Make Crafting Activity Session. Let's see what fabulous arts [...]
Available to parents whose child attends a school in the Devon County Council local council area Virtual drop-in sessions with an Education Psychologist, supported by [...]
For approved adopters and adopters coming through for approval This is a 10-week virtual course facilitated by Joy Gamble, a Specialist Psychologist (Attachment and Trauma) and [...]
Making time for yourself is something parents find hard to do. Looking after children, managing a household and fulfilling work commitments can mean that looking [...]
The Post-Grad Group is open to any adoptive parents, whether you have completed a Therapeutic Parenting Course or not, who would simply like to access [...]
Available to parents whose child attends a school in the Devon County Council local council area Virtual drop-in sessions with an Education Psychologist, supported by [...]