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Latest News | 9th September, 2021
Rose and Simon are a Christian couple who adopted during the 2020 pandemic
Rose* and Simon* adopted their son Jay* in 2020 when he was 14 months old. Rose is a secondary school music teacher and Simon is a church minister...
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Latest News | 9th September, 2021
Sarah and Omar adopted after having a birth child
Sarah* and Omar* had their first child, Aliya, a year into their relationship and 15 years later they adopted their second child, Samir...
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Latest News | 9th September, 2021
Darren adopted as a single father
Darren* is a 43-year-old single father who became a dad to his son Finn* in early 2017 when he was four years old...
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Latest News | 9th September, 2021
Sasha adopted Maya as a single adopter
Sasha* is a single adopter who brought her daughter Maya* home in May 2019 when she was 13 months old. Sasha works as a children’s nurse and has always wanted to be a mum...
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Latest News | 9th September, 2021
Mel and Julia adopted two boys
Julia* and Mel* are a lesbian couple who adopted two boys, aged 20 months and six months, through PACT...
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Latest News | 9th September, 2021
NHS workers Phil and Gareth adopted Ben
Phil* and Gareth* are a same sex couple who adopted their son Ben* through PACT in 2019...
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Latest News | 9th September, 2021
Zena and Jamie adopted Rico when he was two-and-a-half
Zena* is of mixed white New Zealand and Maori heritage and Jamie* is white British. They adopted Rico*, who is also mixed heritage, at age two and a half...
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Latest News | 9th September, 2021
David and Hannah adopted three children under four years old
Curate David* and his wife Hannah* adopted three children under four years old through PACT...
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Latest News | 9th September, 2021
Chloe and Dan adopted baby Megan through PACT’s early permanence scheme
Chloe* and Dan* adopted Megan* through PACT following a Foster for Adoption placement. Megan was five weeks old when she was placed with them...
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Latest News | 9th September, 2021
Gemma and Phil adopted five year-old Emily and her baby brother
After adopting five-year-old Emily*, Gemma* and her husband Phil* were approached by PACT a year later to see if they could adopt Emily's new baby brother...
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Latest News | 9th September, 2021
Michelle and Phil adopted their second child Charlie through the early permanence process
Michelle* and Phil* have a five-year-old adopted daughter, Mia*, and are now applying to adopt 21-month-old Charlie* who they have been fostering...
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Latest News | 9th September, 2021
Theresa adopted seven-year-old Sadie and Lara
Theresa* adopted Sadie*, who was seven years old, through PACT in 2014. Three years later she adopted seven-year-old Lara* through a local authority...
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