National Adoption Week round-up

Thanks to everyone who attended the Voices of Adopted People: Messages for change day on Monday 18th October, the first day of National Adoption Week 2021. Thanks to PAC-UK for facilitating the day and One Adoption for supporting. Huge shout out to teammate Gilli as this was her first time speaking in public as an adoptee. Bravo Gilli!

You can now watch the How To Be Adopted talk and those of the other adoptees, including Debbie Nahid, Adoptee Futures, Zara Phillips and Adopteens.

Click the link below to watch on YouTube…

Watch the recording of the adoptee conference

(All the talks are powerful, but if you only have time to watch our skip to 40 mins.)

Some comments from the day:

Well done Claire!

Thank you Claire, so important to recognise

Well done to claire and co.

thank you for everything you do Claire and Gilli. So grateful. Your story resonates so much Gilli x

such important work,bravo ladies! Just signed up for your emails.

Brilliant both of you. Thanks so much for sharing

Thank you Claire & Gilli, great insights.

This is incredible! Thank you!

Well done Gilli!

Your story really resonates Gilli!

Just found my birth family at the age of 62, my fog has lifted

Thank you Claire and Gilly

Great to see you both and thanks for sharing and doing all you do. x

Thank you for sharing - really helpful!

Great call to action - help us campaign.

Thank you so much Claire and Gillian - so many excellent points raised. I like your mole analyogy

Sorry - mole analogy Gillian!

thank you both, and a huge thank you for your blog (I wouldn't be here at this event if I hadn't discovered it!)

Thanks so much, both Claire and Gilli. Really helpful to hear your stories and think about the life-long journey of reflection and support needed.

Thank you for sharing Gilli and Claire, about the 'fog' and lifelong impact of adoption, so valuable.

Thank u Claire and Gilly your stories of coming out of the fog - so helpful in getting a deeper understanding of how my adopted teenager feels.

thankyou very interesting and thought provoking as a practitioner in Adoption

Thank you all so much

I am in awe of you both, thank you so much.

brilliant thank you so much

Thank you Claire and Gillian, I was always brought up being told I was chosen, this I liked, it made me feel wanted and special, not previously sure I wanted to come out of the fog in fact made a conscious decision to stay in it, I have denied my adoption story as I have never had a reunion but recently realised I live in denial

HUGE thank you so much

Thank you Gilli and Claire for speaking about such a heavy topic with lovely smiles!

👏👏👏

Thank you so much, very insightful for me as an adoption social worker

Thank you so much for sharing :)

Brilliant work Claire and Gillian!! Thank you

It's also having a therapist that can ask the right questions for someone who maybe coming out of the fog.

Well done!

Thank you so much both of you its so helpful

Really interesting, lots to think about from practitioner perspective

Fantastic talk - thank you both

Thank you so much!

Thank you both Claire and Gilli.

Thank you Claire and Gillie

Thanks both - such helpful insights. I've just signed up to your newsletter.

thank you Claire and Gill

excellent morning from all of you. I believe you are recording. Great for future dissemination.

lots to think about from an adopter's perspective too, feeling almost guilty for being part of it on hearing from you guys

Thank you to everyone involved in putting on this event today. It is already brilliant, so emotional and thought - provoking - an adoption support social worker

Mind blowing. Thank you all so much

Many thanks to Debbie, Claire and Gilli - these stories are so important to hear, and you sharing them is a huge gift. We're so very grateful.