The Adoption and Fostering Podcast
by Al Coates & Scott Casson-Rennie
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Estimated from 2 chart positions in 2 markets.
By chart position
- 🇬🇧GB · Parenting#33100K to 300K
- 🇮🇹IT · Parenting#1731K to 10K
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30K to 93K🎙 Daily cadence·120 episodes·Last published 5d ago - Monthly Reach
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101K to 310K🇬🇧97%🇮🇹3% - Active Followers
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30K to 93K
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Episode 231 - Social worker questions, assessment and Tramadol ramblings
Aug 29, 2026
55m 45s
Conversations - Author Fran Hill talks Fostering
Aug 22, 2026
28m 59s
Conversations - Simone Harch talks adopter wellbeing.
Aug 18, 2026
34m 57s
Episode 230 - #CPV, Challenges and Relationships
Aug 15, 2026
1h 02m 41s
Better Me Better Us Episode 39 - Risk and Responsibility
Aug 11, 2026
28m 11s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 8/29/26 | Episode 231 - Social worker questions, assessment and Tramadol ramblings | Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the AandF podcast. In this episode we rage across a couple of matters that impact on many families, power dynamics with social workers. After a Tramadol start and Scott's good news we get distracted by the complicated relationship prospective adopters and foster carers can have with their social workers. The power dynamics are often set against applicants and what questions are appropriate and what are not. How do we push back and can we question the questions, it's not simple. If you want to read the research mentioned you can do that here. If you want to listen to Scott's radio documentary on FASD you can do that here. As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook page, BlueSky or email us at [email protected] | 55m 45s | ||||||
| 8/22/26 |  Conversations - Author Fran Hill talks Fostering | Hello and welcome to Conversations from the A&F podcast In this episode I speak author Fran Hill, we spoke in 2023 about her first novel ‘Cuckoo in the Nest’ and in this interview we chat about her follow up novel ‘Home Bird’. Fran shares her experience of being in foster care and how it influenced the characters in these books and the experiences that they face. You can find out more about Fran and her work here As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook page, BlueSky or email us at [email protected] | 28m 59s | ||||||
| 8/18/26 | Conversations - Simone Harch talks adopter wellbeing. | Hello and welcome to the A&F podcast In this episode I speak to Psychotherapist, NVR practitioner and Adoptive parent Simone Harch. Simone shares a little of her journey but the focus of this conversation is about mental health and the impact on adoptive parents of caring for children with complex needs. It is a really pertinent conversation and highlights the need for support for adopters and help for them to stay well. Simone is starting a pilot project for Adoption East Midlands and you can contact them directly or Simone here As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook page, BlueSky or email us at [email protected] | 34m 57s | ||||||
| 8/15/26 | Episode 230 - #CPV, Challenges and Relationships | Hello and welcome to the AandF podcast. In this episode we unpack how caring for and parenting children with complex, challenging and aggressive behaviour can impact on relationships between parents and carers. It's a thorny issue, the impact of high levels of need and stress in the home with differences in motivation and approaches to the behaviour can take its toll and we share some of our experiences and look at the lack of data and draw on out professional experience. You can read the article referred to here. As always, if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook page, BlueSky or email us at [email protected] | 1h 02m 41s | ||||||
| 8/11/26 |  Better Me Better Us Episode 39 - Risk and Responsibility | Hello and welcome to this episode of the Better Me Better You Podcast. How old is old enough to be left unsupervised? As families navigate the summer holidays, we unpack the guidance around children's independence and explore the bigger questions beneath it. We look at the difference between age and maturity, challenge the idea that increasing responsibility should come at the expense of play, and discuss how children's ability to manage risk develops over time. We finish by thinking about how we can support young people to learn, grow and prepare for adulthood through experience, not just protection. As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook page, BlueSky or email us at [email protected] | 28m 11s | ||||||
| 8/8/26 | Conversations - Matthew Page | Hello and welcome to conversations from the AandF podcast. In this episode I speak to Matthew Page, a care experienced adult, former foster carer and trustee of the Fostering Network. Matthew is also a specialist in intersectionality and identity thought leader, an adoption celebrant and many other things. We chat about his experience growing up as a black child in a white foster family, his search for his dad and appearing on DNA family secrets. You can visit Matthew’s website here As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook page, BlueSky or email us at [email protected] | 47m 58s | ||||||
| 8/1/26 | Conversations - Fostering Consultation with Niketa Sanderson-Gillard | Hello and welcome to conversations from the AandF podcast. In this episode I to Niketa Sanderson Gillard, social worker, Churchill Fellow and Founder and CEO of Why Care. We chat about Niketa’s Churchill fellowship, her work that led up to it and how her organisation Why Care has influenced the DfE’s draft standards that are currently being consulted on. Niketa and discuss the standards, the consultation and more. You can participate in the consultation and read more on the draft standards here. As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook page, BlueSky or email us at [email protected] | 45m 58s | ||||||
| 7/25/26 |  Conversations - Adoptive Parent Kaitlin | In this episode of the conversations from the A&F Podcast I speak to adoptive parent Kaitlin. She shares her family's experience of adopting two boys and the challenges that they faced as a family. This was a rocky road and Kaitlin is honest in terms of the difficulties including false allegations, arrests and the catastrophic impact this had on the whole family. As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook page, BlueSky or email us at [email protected] Listen/subscribe on iTunes here Spotify here | 1h 00m 43s | ||||||
| 7/15/26 | fosteringnational fostering standards+3 | Mark Owers | DfEBlueSky+2 | — | fosteringconsultation+3 | — | 59m 18s | ||
| 7/14/26 | changeidentity+4 | — | Better Me Better UsBMBUltd+1 | — | changeidentity+4 | — | 26m 36s | ||
| 7/11/26 | transracial adoptionracial identity+3 | Michael Gaither | — | transracial adopteeadoption+3 | — | 1h 06m 12s | |||
| 7/4/26 | adoptionfostering+4 | — | AandF podcastFacebook+2 | — | adoptionfostering+4 | — | 46m 52s | ||
| 6/27/26 | early adversitytrauma+4 | Nancy Mielle | — | — | adoptionfostering+5 | — | 42m 46s | ||
| 6/20/26 | adoptionfostering+4 | Dr Claire Agius | Fostering and Adoption podcastBlueSky+1 | — | adoptive parentsparenting challenges+3 | — | 39m 34s | ||
| 6/13/26 | child to parent abuseprofessional practice+4 | — | — | Central London | child abuseparenting challenges+4 | — | 30m 54s | ||
| 6/9/26 | changeendings+5 | — | Better Me Better UsBMBUltd+2 | — | changeendings+5 | — | 28m 43s | ||
| 6/6/26 | adoption lawSupreme Court judgement+4 | — | Supreme CourtCoram+1 | — | adoptionfostering+6 | — | 51m 48s | ||
| 5/30/26 | adoptionfostering+4 | Rachel Braverman | — | unhelpful helpNVR+4 | — | 40m 58s | |||
| 5/23/26 | FASDpractitioner anxiety+4 | — | FASD IrelandBlueSky+1 | — | FASDpractitioner anxiety+4 | — | 58m 35s | ||
| 5/16/26 | fosteringparenting+3 | Corey Mckinney | — | foster carefoster dad+3 | — | 35m 48s | |||
| 5/12/26 | digital connectionhuman relationships+3 | — | Better Me Better UsInstagram+3 | — | connectionsrelationships+5 | — | 25m 13s | ||
| 5/9/26 | adoptionfostering+4 | Sarah FryClaire Murphy | Belay FoundationWalking with Families+1 | — | adoptionfostering+5 | — | 17m 10s | ||
| 5/4/26 | adoptionfostering+4 | Christian Brock | Virtual Memory BoxAandF podcast+3 | — | Virtual Memory Boxadoption+5 | — | 42m 39s | ||
| 5/2/26 | family supportpeer support+3 | — | Beacon Family ServicesInterwoven Connections+1 | CaliforniaOntario, Canada | Fellowship Reportpeer support+3 | — | 39m 50s | ||
| 4/25/26 | family supportintervention models+3 | — | Churchill Fellowship | CanadaUS+2 | Churchill FellowshipWalking with Families+5 | — | 1h 27m 27s | ||
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Chart history for The Adoption and Fostering Podcast
Peaked at #33 in United Kingdom, currently #33 in United Kingdom.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | — | #33 | #33 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #93 | #93 | — |
| Italy | — | #173 | #173 | — |
Chart Positions
3 placements across 2 markets.
Chart Positions
3 placements across 2 markets.