Our adopters' stories

What is it like to adopt? How will I find being an adoptive parent? What will my new family be like?

There's nothing like hearing it from people with real experience. That's why we’ve gathered together some of your adopter stories, so you can discover first-hand accounts of people like you who have completed their families with Coram. 

All our stories are real but some names and identities have been changed to protect anonymity. Photographs are posed by models.

  • Jane's story

    Jane is a single adoptive mother to 5-year-old Callum. She speaks about her experiences of becoming a mum and how her support network has helped.

  • Baby mobile with mum and baby in background

    Tessa and Paolo’s story

    Tessa and Paolo cared for baby Alice from ten months old through Coram’s early permanence scheme, going on to adopt her in October 2021.

  • Rita’s story

    Rita, aged 56, is a single adopter who lives with her daughter Victoria, aged 15.

  • Connor and Dan’s story

    Connor and Dan adopted a little boy, and later his younger sister, with Coram.

  • Ben and Adam’s story

    The couple say that the adoption training from Coram was “really helpful and practical” and that they also felt prepared for the more challenging moments throughout the process.

  • Rebecca and Andy’s story

    Rebecca and Andy, both aged 46, adopted siblings Ellie and Freya two years ago when they were aged 6½ and 3½.

  • Photo of a mother sat reading at the table with her two daughters

    Anne’s story

    Anne is a single woman of black Caribbean descent who adopted her two daughters through Coram in 2021 and 2022.

  • Mother holding baby's foot

    Frankie's story

    Frankie cared for baby Sophie from three months old through Coram’s early permanence scheme, going on to adopt her in May 2021. Frankie and Sophie have direct contact with Sophie’s older sister Olivia and her grandparents who look after Olivia as her special guardians.

  • James and Liam

    Our lives have changed in every way!

    James and Liam share why they chose Coram to adopt their daughter, and what it's like being a family.

  • A basket of children's toys

    How can you repair a child's loss?

    “When Coram contacted us about a baby boy who had come into care at birth, we felt very strongly that we wanted to care for this baby