Central Bedfordshire Council: Shining a light on important relationships and memories for adopted people
Date Added: 18/10/2022
Today marks the launch of National Adoption week, which this year focuses on the importance of adopted people being able to connect with their past, through ‘memory boxes’.
In this short film, adopted people explore the relationships and memories from their own ‘memory boxes’ and keepsakes from their lives before and after they were adopted, which have helped them develop and have an impact on their sense of identity. The emotional film brings to life the connections they have, including Tiegan, who speaks with her birth father about their memories:
“Finding out about my birth father when I was 18 was a really happy moment: knowing each other, even if it didn’t come to anything helped me understand where I stood in the world. I also found out my dad kept a sonogram from my birth mother’s pregnancy, which I have and is so special to me. To know he kept that is amazing, it shows my life is an ongoing journey.”
________________________________________
Support available in Central Bedfordshire
Adoption Connects, the joint adoption service for Central Bedfordshire Council and Milton Keynes City Council, has a range of services available for people affected by adoption such as:
• Information for those who wish to adopt
• A guide to stepparent adoption
• Post adoption support advice and support
• Information for people who would like to explore reconnecting with family members
• Guidance for adopted people who would like to access their birth records
Find support
________________________________________
Contact us
You can find out more by visiting www.adoptionconnects.co.uk,
calling the team on 0300 300 8090
or emailing [email protected]