Connecting adoptees in the UK

How To Be Adopted is the only adoptee-led organisation that provides opportunities to meet other adopted people in real life and online. The HTBA community currently stands at 3,000+ including almost a dozen in-person peer support groups.

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For adoptees, by adoptees.

  • Adopted people meet up

    Meet ups

    Meet other adopted people near you, share experiences with those who ‘get it’

    Find a meet up
  • Virtual meet up with Anne Heffron

    Online gatherings

    Virtual gatherings with other adoptees, including authors such as Anne Heffron.

    Get event updates
  • Blog posts from adopted people

    Adoptee stories

    Sharing real stories and experiences from adoptees, helps us feel understood.

    Read adoptee stories

Testimonials from adopted people

  • welcome painted onto a red heart

    "It was life changing to be with people who totally understand how I as an adoptee see the world and how my head works!"

    Online event attendee

  • pink heart lights

    “It’s such a wonderful community and the only place I feel completely human and like I belong.”

    Adoptee

  • heart on beach in sand

    "There is a moment when you first sit in a room with other adoptees that feels like an ability to exhale.”

    In-person meet-up attendee

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