Are you under 18?
If you would like to meet other adopted children and young people, or if you would like to talk individually about being adopted, Support After Adoption (SAA) may be able to help you.
SAA and the Youth Service run activity days for younger children and for teenagers where you can have fun in the company of other young people who have shared some of your experiences.
If you would like to talk to a social worker who understands about adoption on your own, just get in touch using the contact details below.
A group of adopted teenagers also meets regularly to plan activity days, events and to offer consultation and feedback to the adoption service. If you would like to be involved in these groups please get in touch.
Are you over 18?
Support After Adoption will be able to offer you advice if you want to look at your adoption records, if you want to explore tracing your birth relatives, if you would like to talk to other adopted people, or if you just feel you would benefit from talking to someone about being adopted.
SAA also sometimes acts as a link between an adopted person and their birth family and offers support after a reunion. We have lots of information on other specialist adoption agencies too.
Support After Adoption understands the concerns and worries that adoptive people may have. We can talk to you if you are worried about upsetting your adoptive parents; if you were adopted from overseas; if you are a black person adopted into a white family; if you feel overwhelmed by your feelings and need emotional support, and many other issues.
We have leaflets available on all the services we offer and we have created a handy tracing pack for people looking to find their birth families.
Call 01623 437 988 [Mon 9.30am-1.00pm, Tues 4.00pm-7.30pm, Thurs 1.00pm-4.00pm] or e-mail: support.afteradoption@nottscc.gov.uk
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