About this episode

The episode reflects on the murder of Preston Davey and discusses the historic forced adoption apology delivered by the PM.

Hello and welcome to conversations from the AandF podcast. In this episode Scott and I reflect on the terrible news of the murder of Preston Davey. It broadens out the conversation in to the assessment process and power dynamics. We don't dwell on any of the details but reflect on some of the broader issues. On the day we recorded the PM delivered the long awaited historic forced adoption apology and we unpack what he said, what he promised and what it means. You can read a full transcript of the PM's apology speech 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 AandFpodcast@gmail.com

People in this episode

Hosts: Scott Casson-Rennie, Al Coates

Topics covered

• adoption
• fostering
• power dynamics
• apology
• assessment process
• personal experiences

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AandF podcast, Facebook, BlueSky, AandFpodcast@gmail.com

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