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As young people approach their 18th birthday, the desire to understand more about their early lives and birth may become stronger.
Accessing background information can be both informative and emotional so we offer a Birth Record Counselling Service that is sensitive to the needs and current situation of each individual. In our first contact we explore the support they have around them, including counsellors, a trusted friend or a relative and where needed, we are happy to liaise with these people too.
If the adoption records are held within our service, we carefully review the file and take the information to produce a narrative account of the person’s background. This often includes key documents and occasionally, photographs or mementoes which can bring a personal and poignant connection to the past.
Thinking about birth family contact?
If you child decides to seek contact with birth relatives, we usually recommend they review their adoption records first as this helps to ensure they understand the context of their adoption.
Although we do not offer tracing services ourselves, we do advise on how to access intermediary agencies that specialise in this work. However, for young people under the age of 25, we are able to offer more direct support in navigating this process.
Looking ahead
When the questions arise, we are here to offer clear advice and kind, professional support—both for the individual and their adopted family.
For people living in the FAL partner areas who were adopted in a different area, they can contact our service to request their files and we will compile a summary to share with them.
Similarly, someone adopted in our areas but now living elsewhere can ask their residing local authority to request their information from our service.
For more information about the service, please click here.
