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‘Going to panel’ – not as scary as it sounds!

Today we hear from Heather, who manages the adoption and fostering panel service at Leeds City Council. The panels are the independent groups of people who prospective adoptive parents and foster carers meet near the end of their assessment process. We started by asking her how she got into managing the service. “I’ve worked for…
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“A child is a whole person therefore every one of us involved have a lifetime responsibility to them.”

Today we hear a thought-provoking piece from Jill, one of our adoption panel members, who has first hand experience of having to give up her child, many years ago. We hope this will make you think, and would welcome comments, below. “I am a birth mother who gave up my son for adoption in 1967 at a…
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