Adoption stories

These are just some of the adoption stories about PACT families. To begin your adoption journey and start your own adoption story with PACT download a guide to adoption. 

* Some names and details have been changed for confidentiality reasons

• Francesca adopted her daughter Phoebe in 2018

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• Rose and Simon are a Christian couple who adopted during the 2020 pandemic

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• Emma and Fahmi adopted after having a birth child

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• Darren adopted as a single father

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• Anne adopted Maya as a single adopter

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• Tam and Katrina adopted two boys

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• Phil and Gareth adopted Ben

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• Zena and Jamie adopted Rico when he was two-and-a-half

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• David and Hannah adopted three children under four years old

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• Chloe and Dan adopted baby Megan through PACT's Foster for Adoption scheme

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• Gemma and Phil adopted five year-old Emily

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• Jacqui adopted seven-year-old Sadie

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• Emma adopted Josh through PACT's Foster for Adoption scheme

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• Eleanor and Chris adopted William who has additional needs

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• David and his partner adopted their third child through PACT

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• Susan and Leyton

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• Colin and Margaret became grandparents again through adoption

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• Neil and Matt adopted Joe, who has autism

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• Brian and Andy are a same-sex couple

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• Georgia is a single adopter

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• Hannah and Darren adopted Katie aged four

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• Helen and Andrew adopted siblings

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• Sally and Peter adopted Ellie who has Down's Syndrome

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• Joanne has adopted three children with additional needs

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• Alison is a single lesbian adopter

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• Safia and Idris are a Muslim family

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• Jonathan and Katherine adopted a sibling group of three who needed to stay together

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