Thread by @Claiester, THREAD!October is @MetroUK's Adoption Month, where over the coming weeks we'll share [...]

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October is @MetroUK's Adoption Month, where over the coming weeks we'll share lovely, heartbreaking, moving and joyful stories all about adoption, as welll as expert advice, news and videos. It's been an epic production so please read, enjoy and share
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First up - @richardhp explains why we decided to do Adoption Month...

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@MetroUK https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/01/adoption-month-why-were-talking-about-adoption-this-month-13314321/

Adoption Month: Why we’re talking about adoption this month

Knowing that there are so many people who have been touched by adoption in some way or another, Metro.co.uk decided to launch our very own awareness month

https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/01/adoption-month-why-were-talking-about-adoption-this-month-13314321/

Here, @jlongstaff_ speaks to an incredible couple who adopted seven young siblings after their parents were killed in car crash.

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@MetroUK https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/01/couple-adopts-seven-young-siblings-after-their-parents-were-killed-in-car-crash-13278364/

Couple adopts seven siblings after their parents die in a car crash

Despite having five children of their own, Pam and Gary Willis, from Menifee, California, decided to give the seven kids a home after reading about their heartbreaking story on Facebook.

https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/01/couple-adopts-seven-young-siblings-after-their-parents-were-killed-in-car-crash-13278364/

While @AidanMilan does a sterling job of explaining everything you need to know about adoption if you don't know where to start...

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@MetroUK https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/01/how-to-adopt-a-child-from-how-long-it-takes-to-how-you-can-prepare-13292138/

How to adopt a child - from how long it takes to how you can prepare

Explained in plain English.

https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/01/how-to-adopt-a-child-from-how-long-it-takes-to-how-you-can-prepare-13292138/

Then, we have our brilliant video series Talking Adoption put together by @EleanorRJL and @LauraJAbernethy. Today we chat to two amazing people - Sarah and Rich - who both decided to go it alone and adopt as single parents.

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https://metro.co.uk/video/talking-adoption-adopting-like-single-parent-2260216/

If you an adoption story you would like to share, then email us at: adoptionstories@metro.co.uk

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