Adoptee support groups

Here are the ones we know about! If you know of any more adoptee groups, please let us know.

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 for more info.

Members of the adoptees group after enjoying coffee and cake in the park!

“Really got some strength and validity from the last meeting which has affected my wellbeing in a positive way. Thank you so much for setting up How To Be Adopted, the support even at two sessions has been invaluable. I feel like I truly belong somewhere from the very start!”
— Attendee of monthly meet-up

Adopted adult support group run by Adopt North London

If you live in, or were adopted in, Hackney, Islington, Barnet, Islington, Haringey or Camden you should be eligible to join this adoptee support group. Call 020 7527 4777 or email north@adoptlondon.org.uk

Transracial Adult Adoptee Network (TAAN) group

Network and support group for transracial adult adoptees. Share experiences, be part of the discussions or just listen in. We meet in person in London (Angel) six times a year. Email: adoptionsupportduty@islington.gov.uk

Adopt London South

Currently online, moving to face-to-face in Southwark. The group meets on Tuesday at 7pm. Contact: Natalie.bendall@southwark.gov.uk

Group for Korean adoptees

Monthly lunch together in London, open to all Korean adoptees, not just British ones. For more info email: britishkoreanadoptees@gmail.com

Intercountry adoptees and transracial adoptees

ICAV UK is a group for intercountry adoptees and transracial adoptees across the UK. There’s an online group and they run events too. Find out more

Adoption Connections North West

Run by Gilli Bruce. Currently held via Zoom and open to anyone, not just North West folk. They meet on the third Thursday of the month at 12.30pm. Email: postadoption@adoptionmatters.org

PAC-UK support group for adoptees

Run by Gilli Bruce. Held on the third Wednesday of the month at 7pm, for PAC-UK clients only at this time. Contact: advice@pac-uk.org

The Adoption Support Group 

Open to adoptees over 18, birth relatives and adoptive relatives. Facilitated by an adoptee and a birth mother. Meetings take place every other month either online or in Milton Keynes. Email: jan.shine@hotmail.co.uk

Adoption UK

There are two monthly groups for adoptees, email membership@adoptionuk.org.uk.

Adopteens in Yorkshire and Humber (age 11-18+)

Open to anyone aged between 11 -18+ who lives in Yorkshire or Humber. For more info, see the Adopteens website.

Adoption UK Wales: group for adopted people age 18-25

This group meets a few times a year either online or in person. To find out more, email: Ann.Bell@adoptionuk.org.uk

Hertfordshire Adoptees Together

The group meets on the first Tuesday of every month at a venue in St Albans from 7.00pm until 8.30pm. Email adultadopteestogether@hertfordshire.gov.uk Note: I believe this is a local council group run by a social worker.

Informal adoptee meet-ups

How To Be Adopted has linked up adoptees in the following areas of the UK:

🎈Oxford
🎈Bristol (going strong)
🎈Colchester (early days)
🎈Fife
🎈Greater Manchester
🎈Edinburgh or Glasgow
🎈Cardiff / South Wales
🎈Hastings and Tunbridge Wells (early days)
🎈Brighton
🎈West Midlands/Worcestershire
🎈Hertfordshire
🎈Devon
🎈Cornwall
🎈North London (going strong)
🎈Derbyshire
🎈Gloucestershire
🎈SE Hants/Portsmouth/Eastleigh (1st meet-up next week!)

Email hello@howtobeadopted.com to be linked up with your local group.

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The North London adoptee peer group

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Claire from How To Be Adopted, facilitating the North London adoptee peer support group

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