Support after adoption

We can offer advice, counselling and therapy if you live in Nottinghamshire County and if:

• You are adopted
• You have adopted a child
• You are a birth mother, birth father, or birth relative of someone who was adopted.

If you are adopted, we can:

• give you help getting information from your adoptive records
• give you advice about tracing birth family members
• help you to meet other adopted people
• act as a link between you and your birth family
• give you advice and support before or after a reunion.

If you have adopted a child, we can:

• support and advise you as your child grows up
• advise you on contact with your child's birth relatives
• help you to meet other adoptive parents
• help you to talk to your child about tracing their birth family
• undertake an assessment of your support needs.

If you are a birth mother, birth father or birth relative, we can:

• help you to get information on a brother or sister who was adopted
• give you confidential help and advice to cope with your loss
• give you advice about contact with your child
• give you advice if your child has traced you
• give you advice and support before or after a reunion.

If you would like more information about the services we offer or the help we can give you, please contact us in one of the ways shown at the top of this page.

If you do not live in the Nottinghamshire area, you can ring your local council and ask to speak to their Adoption Support Services Adviser, who can give you information about similar services in your area.