This year's National Adoption Week will take place on 21- 28 October. The week is hosted by You Can Adopt. At CoramBAAF, we have created and collated a range of resources that reflect on the adoption journey – from personal experiences, to professional practice, to encouraging individuals and families to come forward to become adopters. We will update this webpage with new information and resources throughout the week.
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National Adoption Week: The Black Adoption Project
22 October | 11.30am - 1pm | Zoom
The Black Adoption Project aims to look beyond short-term solutions to understand and respond to the many complex factors that impact adoption in the Black community.
CoramBAAF Conversations
Our podcast series is dedicated to exploring topics related to adoption, fostering and kinship care. We invite children's social care professionals and experts by experience to join us to share best practices, their knowledge and experiences.
The life of an adopter
In this interview with Al Coates (adopter, social worker, podcaster, and more), Jane Poore asks Al what was his motivations to become an adopter, what the experience was like and some of the highlights from his adoption journey.
Coming soonThe AFDiT Framework
Jane Poore interview Dr Tam Cane about The AFDiT Framework. It was developed by Adoption England in collaboration with the University of Sussex and The British Academy. This framework was founded by Dr Tam Cane, and developed by the research team at the University of Sussex through a process of co-creation with social work practitioners, people with lived and living expertise of transracial adoption, and collaboration with Adoption South East and Coram BAAF. The research is funded by the British Academy and the Adoption England.
Encouraging adoption in Black African and Caribbean communities
Jennifer Kwakye is the Adoption Outreach Ambassador for Black African and Caribbean families at Coram Ambitious for Adoption. Jennifer joins Jane Poore to tell us more about her role, and how she is working towards recruiting and supporting adopters in Black African and Caribbean communities.
Coming soon