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Monthly Friday drop-in support group – Somerset (Martock)

05/07/2024 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm – Join our drop-in coffee morning/support group in the Yeovil area. It is open to all adopters to meet with other adoptive parents and make new friends. It’s a chance to celebrate, rant and relax with like-minded people. Come and let off some steam! Meet Hilary Harris who is an Adopt South West Family Support Practitioner […]

Making Connections: Monthly Tuesday drop-in support group (Taunton)

09/07/2024 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm – Join our coffee morning/support group in the Taunton area. It is open to all adopters to meet with other adoptive parents and make new friends, and celebrate, rant, relax and ask questions with like-minded people. Come and let off some steam over a cuppa! Meet Louise, Lynne and Sue from Adopt South West, who are […]

Parents’ monthly virtual support group with Bay Deane

09/07/2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Bay Deane, psychotherapist and adoptive parent, facilitates these monthly evening online support sessions for adopters and graduates of the therapeutic parenting course. Why not come along and join this supportive, friendly group? Each month there is time for parents to talk about their experiences as adoptive parents, and then Bay will introduce a topic for […]

Education psychology drop-ins 2024 – South/West Devon area

11/07/2024 @ 9:30 am – 12:30 pm – 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 a member of Adopt South West, offer an opportunity to discuss any school-related issue you or your child may be experiencing. This could be anything from transitions, challenging behaviour before […]

Life story drop-in sessions: online – 2024

11/07/2024 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Online sessions are for one hour at 10am or 11am or midday: Thursday 11 January 2024 Thursday 8 February Thursday 14 March Thursday 9 May Thursday 6 June Thursday 11 July Thursday 8 August Thursday 12 September Thursday 10 October Tuesday 12 November Tuesday 10 December Please book by contacting Roger Prouse who will explain the setup, 01392 383974 roger.prouse@devon.gov.uk These one-hour […]

Education psychology drop-ins 2024 and 2025 – Exeter/Mid/East Devon

17/07/2024 @ 9:30 am – 11:25 am – 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 a member of Adopt South West, offer an opportunity to discuss any school-related issue you or your child may be experiencing. This could be anything from transitions, challenging behaviour before […]

Devon parent-led group: stay-and-play, brew and chat

19/07/2024 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am – Stay-and-play, brew and chat is a group run by adopters, for adopters. The Friday group The regular Friday group has changed to twice a month at 9:30am to 11:30am. A chance to chat to other adopters who get it! It’s open to adoptive parents who don’t usually attend groups. Come along with or without children. […]

Family Farm Day – Tuesday 30 July

30/07/2024 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm – Kevin and Jo from OrganicARTS have been running their very popular Family Farm Days for the last few years. It with great pleasure that they announce that the next Families at the Farm for Adopt South West is on Tuesday 30 July It will be a den creating, pizza cooking, hay people making session with […]