Hello! 

Our son came home in Summer 2020 and I decided to leave my role as a deputy headteacher in a primary school.  Once we began to settle into our own family routines and our son started nursery, I began to seek how to meet other adopters that would ‘get it' and find a supportive community for us as parents and also for our son as an adopted person. So in May 2022, I became the community group coordinator for Merseyside and then later in June 2023 I offered to coordinate the monthly national virtual meet-ups for adoptive parents. 

So here I am the community coordinator organising events for members and their children who are living in and around the Merseyside area. As an adopter I had felt isolated at times before this and so it was a welcome surprise to find that there were so many adopters in my local area. There is even a family on my street! I have made some really special friendships of people who ‘get it’! But just as important, if not more so, is the opportunity this has provided for our son to meet other adoptees and to begin to build friendships with those with similar backgrounds and difficulties.

I try to organise a family event and an adults event each month. We’ve had so much fun at the family events including horse rides at a public farm, bouncing through the morning at trampoline parks, SEN sessions at a soft play and park meet ups with ice cream! The adult meet ups are very chilled, just a wine or a soft drink, maybe something to eat and most importantly down time to chat, ask questions, seek support, have a moan or whatever you need with people that ‘get it’! 

I’d love for you to join us! There’s no expectation to come to every event or stay the whole time, just come and go when you can/need. So drop me an email if you have any questions about our events or to be put in touch with other adopters local to you! 

Merseyside meet-ups