Local Community Groups

During the current COVID-19 crisis we have had to revise the way that we deliver our community groups and have developed a whole host of online meet-ups and webinars from special guest speakers. All members should have received details of these activities by email, but they are also listed on a page which you can only view if logged in as a member. When logged in you will be able to click on the button below: 

Find out about the Members' virtual community groups and webinars here:

Adoption UK Community Groups provide members of Adoption UK with opportunities to connect, socialise and support each other. Groups are run by volunteers who are experienced adopters and our aim is for every adoptive family in the UK to have access to a fun, supportive, peer support network in their local area.

Not a member of Adoption UK? No worries – you are very welcome to attend your first event as a guest. You can then become a member ahead of the second meet up.       

Know another adoptive family who would like to come along?  Please let them know about the group and they too will be welcome as a guest for the first session.   

We currently run community groups in the following areas/cities/themes. Below the table, members of Adoption UK who are logged into this site will be able to view contact details for each Group Coordinator. If you are interested in attending your first meet-up as a guest, contact [email protected] for details.

England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland
Bedfordshire	Aberystwyth Evening Group	Ayrshire	Antrim
Buckinghamshire	Aberystwyth After School Meet Up	Borders	Belfast
Central England *New	Caerphilly (Pontywaun)
Cheshire	Cardiff Evening Group	Edinburgh (Mums' Group)	Coleraine
Cornwall	Cardiff (Family Group)	East Lothian	Dungannon
Derbyshire, *New	Denbighshire (Rhyl)
Dorset	Newport	Glasgow	Derry-Londonderry
North East	Powys	Fife	Down
Hampshire	Swansea
Isle of Wight	Vale of Glamorgan (Penarth)	Orkney Isles	Newry
Kent			North Down
London		Plus:	Omagh-Enniskillen
Norfolk		Adult Adoptees Network
Northamptonshire *New		Dads' Group	Plus:
Oxfordshire			Concurrent Carers' Group (Belfast)
Shropshire	Plus:		Concurrent Carers' Group (Omagh)
Southampton *New	Adult Adoptees Group
Surrey	Dads' Group	Coming soon:	LGBT Group
Warwickshire	Grandparents' Group	Argyle and Bute	Dads' Group
West Sussex	LGBTQ+ Group
Yorkshire and Humber	Single Adopters' Group	West Dunbartonshire	Single Adopters' Group
			Teen and Parents' Group

You will need to be a member of Adoption UK and logged into this members' area, to view the full Group details below.

Want to join our community? Find out more on our membership pages