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07/10/2003
NI charity 'adopts' new permanent home
Monday saw the opening of a new Belfast centre which aims to provide post-adoption support across Northern Ireland.
The new centre will help Adopt, one of Northern Ireland's smaller charities, to provide a free tracing service for adoption agencies, both statutory and voluntary, throughout N Ireland. This will enable them to offer the adopted adult an agreed portion of their search at no cost to the adoptee.
Commenting on the new centre, Eilis Manning, Adopt co-ordinator, said: "Hundreds of families across Northern Ireland have been affected by the changes in adoption legislation entitling adopted adults to identifying information about their family of origin. Many of them are ill equipped to deal with the practical and emotional problems that can arise.
"It is part of our job to help the individuals integrate this new knowledge and these new experiences into their lives, thus easing the pain and maximising the benefits of search and reunion. We are also here for them should things go wrong along the way."
As well as providing a tracing service, Adopt also affords those touched by adoption the opportunity to meet with others from within the adoption community.
This support takes the form of either one-to-one meetings, which can be arranged to suit, or support group meetings where all categories meet to share and support each other. There are currently two support groups in Belfast and Newry, with plans underway to extend this provision to other areas of the province.
Adopt came into being in 1989, in response to legislation that entitled over-18s to their original birth certificate thus enabling them to trace their birth families.
This led to the development of a tracing service through which Adopt has helped many people find their family of origin.
The latest development in this service is a regional tracing service that started on 1 October.
(MB)
The new centre will help Adopt, one of Northern Ireland's smaller charities, to provide a free tracing service for adoption agencies, both statutory and voluntary, throughout N Ireland. This will enable them to offer the adopted adult an agreed portion of their search at no cost to the adoptee.
Commenting on the new centre, Eilis Manning, Adopt co-ordinator, said: "Hundreds of families across Northern Ireland have been affected by the changes in adoption legislation entitling adopted adults to identifying information about their family of origin. Many of them are ill equipped to deal with the practical and emotional problems that can arise.
"It is part of our job to help the individuals integrate this new knowledge and these new experiences into their lives, thus easing the pain and maximising the benefits of search and reunion. We are also here for them should things go wrong along the way."
As well as providing a tracing service, Adopt also affords those touched by adoption the opportunity to meet with others from within the adoption community.
This support takes the form of either one-to-one meetings, which can be arranged to suit, or support group meetings where all categories meet to share and support each other. There are currently two support groups in Belfast and Newry, with plans underway to extend this provision to other areas of the province.
Adopt came into being in 1989, in response to legislation that entitled over-18s to their original birth certificate thus enabling them to trace their birth families.
This led to the development of a tracing service through which Adopt has helped many people find their family of origin.
The latest development in this service is a regional tracing service that started on 1 October.
(MB)
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