In this third and final episode of the Find Me a Family series, we met same-sex couple, John, 56, and Anthony, 38, who want to become parents and have decided that adoption is the way forward for them. Like the majority of adopters, they would’ve ideally liked to adopt a baby, but had enrolled on a project designed by David Akinsanya – who was himself brought up in care – with a view to getting them to consider adopting older children who are ‘hard to place’.

John and Anthony had stated that they were “open to” most of the challenges of adopting, but at times, it seemed hard to imagine how any child – let alone one who required a good deal more looking after than most children might – would fit into their busy lives; they both work and have 10 horses and several dogs and uncomfortably, for a while, I felt that they were perhaps looking for the ultimate pet; a child… Read more & comment »

As part of Channel 4’s Britain’s Forgotten Children season, Find Me a Family tries to find homes for the children who no one has come forward to adopt. The three-part documentary – fronted by David Akinsanya, an adoption campaigner and journalist who grew up in care – follows three households of would-be adopters as they take part in a pioneering project. Created in collaboration with three leading adoption agencies, the programmes set out to provide the would-be adopters with hands-on experiences to encourage them to consider adopting the children who, too often, get overlooked.

Monday 11 May 2009
9:00pm