Our adoption 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.
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Our lives have changed in every way!
Coram has been working with LGBT adopters for many years and has one of the highest adoption success rates in the UK.
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Monica’s story
Monica, aged 45, is a single adopter who lives in North London with her two daughters, Ella, aged 9 and Maya, aged 8, adopted in 2013.
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Sophie’s story
Sophie, 55, is a single adopter who lives in North London with her 16 year old son, Jordan, who she adopted at the age of seven in 2011.
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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.
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Dear Mum, you're Number One
We need a variety of adoptive parents, including single parent adopters such as Danielle, who can offer a child love and support throughout childhood and beyond.
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How can you repair a baby'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
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Veronica and David become parents
As black adoptive parents, Veronica and David felt it was important to adopt a child of African or Caribbean descent
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We felt he was the right child for us
Since Paul and Mark adopted Stephen through Coram, the cheeky six-year-old's attachment to them has grown
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Anna and Jack's adopted daughters
Anna and Jack adopted Olivia and Emily when they were toddlers
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Can single people adopt?
Single mum Suzanne describes her experiencing adopting a little girl through Coram and the joy becoming an adoptive mum has brought her
