Adopter Stories

Our adopters below have shared their real stories about their own personal adoption journey.

Adopter Stories

Our adopters are from a wide variety of backgrounds, cultures, ages, ethnicities, as unique and diverse as the 2,400+ children currently waiting for a forever home through adoption. There is no ‘perfect’ adopter. What they all have in common is the time, commitment, stability and love in their lives to offer a child or children.

Ruth

Ruth, 44, talks about her journey to adoption with Adoption Matters. “I looked into Adoption Matters, I ran...

Rachel & Paul

Rachel shares her adoption story: "My husband, Paul and I adopted a sibling group of three children, Sarah,...

Amy & Ben

Amy and Ben, from Bolton have adopted six children, here Amy tells their adoption story. "My name is Amy a...

Mike & Rebekah

Mike and his wife Rebekah adopted siblings, aged 3 and 4, through Adoption Matters and wanted to share thei...

Charlie

Just over fifty years ago, I would have been arrested in the UK for promoting the fact I was a gay male. Ba...

Emily & Ben

Emily and Ben felt Fostering For Adoption was the right route for them… Emily and Ben always knew th...

About Adoption Matters

Our video will provide an overview of what we do and our achievements for the year 2019-20.