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Beach walk together – Somerset – Wednesday 27 August

27/08/2025 @ 11:00 am – 2:30 pm – Summer holiday event for Adopt South West adoptive families Join members of our Adopt South West team and adoptive families for a walk on a Somerset beach. Bring a picnic and blanket as well as suitable clothing depending on the weather. Hopefully it will be sunny but that can’t be guaranteed! On-site facilities include the […]

Park walk and play – Devon – Thursday 28 August

28/08/2025 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm – Summer holiday event for Adopt South West adoptive families Join Emma and Alice from our Adopt South West team on a woodland walk around a lake, in Devon. We will have a walk around the lake with opportunities for activity sheets/scavenger hunt. After the walk, there will be time to have a play in the […]

Post-Grad Support Group with Cas Schneider

04/09/2025 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – The Post-Grad Group is open to adoptive parents who have completed a Therapeutic Parenting Course. The sessions are led by Cas Schneider (who also teaches our in-person 16 week Therapeutic Parenting training course). The Post-Grad Group is a drop-in session, and is generally a themed discussion about real-life issues generated by the participants with some attachment-based […]

Life story drop-in sessions – online

09/09/2025 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm –

These one-hour online sessions offer an opportunity to discuss your child’s life story book with a member of the Adopt South West team.

Adopters support group: Plymouth – monthly on Tuesday

09/09/2025 @ 10:45 am – 12:45 pm – The parent-led support group in Plymouth offers a warm welcome and a cuppa, it’s a face-to-face group for adopters to have a friendly chat and share ideas. The group say: “It’s just a nice chance for adoptive parents to get together and chat about their families, celebrate success and help each other out with the […]

Parents’ monthly virtual support group with Bay Deane

09/09/2025 @ 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 […]