Adoptee groups
HTBA North London peer support group
Run by How To Be Adopted, we meet on or around the last Friday of the month at lunchtime in East Finchley.
Email hello@howtobeadopted.com.
Informal adoptee meet-ups
How To Be Adopted has linked up adoptees in the following areas of the UK:
🎈Berkshire/Surrey/Hampshire (meet in Bracknell) - * NEW!*
🎈Brighton and Chichester (also worth contacting Dunbar Project as they’re based in Brighton)
🎈Bristol (going strong)
🎈Cardiff / South Wales
🎈Oxford
🎈Colchester/Cambridge (early days)
🎈Cornwall (Penzance end) email: penzanceadopteegroup@gmail.com
🎈Devon (Plymouth/South Devon): email: adoptedSW@gmail.com
🎈Devon (North) - Bideford. Email: northdevonadopteegroup@gmail.com
🎈East Devon & South Somerset - * NEW!*
🎈Edinburgh / Glasgow / Fife
🎈Gloucestershire
🎈Hampshire - SE Hants/ Portsmouth/Eastleigh (early days)
🎈Manchester - Greater (growing well)
🎈North London
🎈Oxford
🎈Tunbridge Wells and Hastings (early days)
🎈West Midlands/Worcestershire
We also have adoptees wanting to be linked up in:
🎈Coventry
To be linked up with your local group, email: hello@howtobeadopted.com If you know of any more adoptee peer support groups, please let us know.
What adoptees are saying about HTBA
“Really got some strength and validity from the last meeting which has affected my wellbeing in a positive way. Thank you so much. I feel like I truly belong somewhere from the very start!”
— Karen, adoptee“It's so lonely this adoptee life and the work of people like you is inspiring and a lifesaver.”
— Niki, adoptee“I just wanted to send you an email to say a big thanks for organising such a wonderful event for our community.”
— Tracy, adopteeHelp keep us going!
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