This FREE to attend online event is open to all parties affected by adoption and permanency, including social workers and other professionals.

Jan, Jill and Michael, all involved in the demand for an apology and the subsequent JCHR enquiry will talk about their experiences and impact of adoption, the enquiry and responses to it.

Event start time 1.00pm | Event end time 2.00pm

(Zoom links will be sent to everyone who registers automatically - please check Junk folders)

Jan will talk about her own personal experience as an adoptee of the impact of historical adoption practice as well as her many years of facilitating a support group for adoptees and birth parents and working in the filed as an intermediary and counsellor.

Jill has been involved with the Movement for Adoption Apology from the start and takes us through the twists and turns to date as well as speaking about the adoption of her son (and her reunion!).

Michael, who is a leading authority on the history of the Welfare State in the 20th century, was involved in the research for the Joint Committee on Human Rights. He will talk about the archival records, why they are significant in terms of showing positions of responsibility and accountability within the state and how they fit with lived experience and problems of access and transparency.

Should you have any questions about this specific event, please email mike.hancock@pac-uk.org