Today we have published an open letter to The Minster for Children and Families setting out concerns relating to the Adoption Support that Works for All consultation. thepotatogroup.org.uk/post/open-lett…
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Peer-to-peer group supporting parents of adopted teens and young adults in the UK. Account is currently inactive. Please connect with us via the links below.
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Our response to BBC File on 4 Investigates: Adoption - The Blame Game.
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Heading home after lovely weekend in Brum for our AGM. Thanks to Becky Brooks, Dr David Gilbert and Gillian Elam for outstanding presentations, & our volunteer committee for making it all happen. Grateful to members who joined us, and those who wanted to but couldn't. - Euan
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Today our research article was published in @CommunityCare.
Thanks to our Research Manager, Gillian Elam, and to all of those POTATO Group members who revisited some of the most traumatising times of their lives to share their experiences.
communitycare.co.uk/2025/11/12/we-…
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We’re deeply grateful to our members who courageously revisited some of the most traumatic moments in their lives to drive positive change.
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At our professionals conference last year, our members’ lived experiences took centre stage.
A volunteer team, led by Research Manager Gillian Elam, carried out research that shaped our landmark report.
Clip from Family Matters podcast. thanks to @AdoptionUK for inviting us on.
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It’s #NationalAdoptionWeek, and it would be remiss not to mention our landmark research into the lived experiences of adoptive families raising children and young adults affected by early-life trauma.
thepotatogroup.org.uk/research
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Incredibly grateful to @PeterStefanovi2 for standing with our children and backing our campaign. @ASGSF_Protest
Peter Stefanovic@PeterStefanovi2
🚨SHOCKING cuts to a vital lifeline - Adoption & Special Guardianship Support Fund - is having devastating consequences for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England Cuts are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child WE MUST FIGHT THIS!
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Overnight bag packed and on the train to Cardiff for the @nas_cymru AGM, Adoption in Wales: Learning from Research and Experience. Grateful to have been invited to share insights from our research on how early trauma shapes our children’s lives.
~ Euan
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@ThePOTATOgroup Thank you for the update. But hand-to-mouth support year by year isn’t good enough. Families need guaranteed, long-term support from the point of Adoption or Kinship Order—not uncertainty and delay. Stability shouldn’t be a luxury. #AdoptionSupport #KinshipCare
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The #ASGSF is being extended for another year. Welcome news, but it’s not enough. Adoptive and kinship families deserve appropriately funded, stable, effective support, not short-term extensions and vague promises.
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Hundreds of dedicated parents. Peer support, solidarity, and a drive for change. Chair of The Potato Group, Euan Preston, introduces who we are, and why we exist.
A clip from the Family Matters podcast. Thanks again to @AdoptionUK for inviting us on to discuss our research.
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We love our kids fiercely, and we always will. But adoption culture needs to move beyond the idea that “love is enough”.
Our research report shows what happens when trauma is left unrecognised and families are left without the right support:
thepotatogroup.org.uk/research
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Thanks to Sarah Ruston OBE from @AdoptionUK for inviting our Research Manager Gillian Elam and Chair @euanpreston, onto the Family Matters podcast to talk about The POTATO Group’s research, 𝘍𝘢𝘳 𝘍𝘢𝘳 𝘉𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘖𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳. adoptionuk.org/family-matters…
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In this powerful episode, Sarah speaks to Euan Preston & Gillian Elam from @thePOTATOgroup about Far, Far Beyond the Adoption Order—a report sharing the realities of adoptive families parenting traumatised teens. adoptionuk.org/family-matters…
Read the report: thepotatogroup.org.uk/research
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Access the research report and summary here:
thepotatogroup.org.uk/research
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Many thanks @MrAlCoates & @GayAdoptionDad for having our Research Manager, Gillian Elam, and Chair, @euanpreston, on @TheAandFPodcast to talk about our research report.
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Today Sarah Ruston spoke with us on @adoptionuk’s Family Matters podcast, again about our research, which you can (and should) find here: thepotatogroup.org.uk/research
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Some pods to listen out for:
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Last week, @MrAlCoates & @GayAdoptionDad very kindly invited our chair @euanpreston and research manager Gillian Elam onto the @TheAandfPodcast to talk about our research, which you can (and should) find here: thepotatogroup.org.uk/research
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