In September, members of The Potato Group were invited to present to Adoption Lancashire & Blackpool during their annual training day.

This month, professionals joined The Potato Group for our first-ever conference. Far, Far Beyond the Adoption Order: Lessons from Lives Impa

The Potato Group is currently planning a ground-breaking conference for professionals. In May 2024, The Potato Group, in partnership with...

The Criminal Injury Compensation Authority (CICA) is the government body that makes awards to innocent victims of violent crimes. Some...

This brand-new ground-breaking study is about the lives of teenagers and young adults in adoptive and Special Guardianship families. This...

The "invisible children". The children who haven't returned to school since the pandemic. This article has been reproduced by kind...

Sometimes putting 'real life' into words can be powerful. Here, one of our members is describing relationship struggles with her young...

The Safe and Sound Protocol is a listening programme based on Dr. Stephen Porges' Theory.

Here it is at last – ASF 22 criteria published today. FUNDING ELIGIBILITY To be eligible for funding, local authorities and RAAs must...

A Potato member's view given as a Presentation to a UK national study day on child-to-parent abuse on 15 November 2021. Child to parent...

The Care Review, The Spending Review - Is any of it enough? The long awaited APPGAP report relating to adoption and permanence has now...

Reproduced by kind permission of Simone Harch who runs hiddenvictims.co.uk Caring for a child who has experienced early life adversity...

After a difficult week one of our members , Louise , wrote this: – Just going to leave this here because I know many of you are, or have...

Potato Members have recently been attending a variety of online events talking about CPV (Child to Parent Violence), Attachment and The...

There are some of our members who are not only adopters but also Special Guardians. The Potato Group has been given permission to publish...

A very interesting blog piece around regulation. We have been kindly been given permission to post it here. If you would like to visit...

Being an adopter faced with the complexity and difficulties of parenting our tats through the teenage years and beyond, we are held back...

One of our members recently had a conversation with a friend which left her struggling. “My son is making some difficult choices this...

This moving piece of poetry was written by a member. It clearly shows the struggle and heartbreak that many adoptive parents experience,...

This is the letter that the adult adopted daughter of one of our members wrote to her MP. It’s a powerful reminder of just how important...

Our first contribution, written powerfully from the heart, comes from a member who is tirelessly advocating for her adopted son 20 years...