Adoption Support Agency PAC-UK, part of national charity Family Action co-produced this groundbreaking short-film with their birth parent service users who courageously share their lived experiences of having children removed from their care and placed for adoption. As well as sharing their personal stories, they also give advice to prospective adopters and adoptive parents to improve life outcomes for children who are adopted.
Trigger warning: This film contains references to suicidal thoughts, domestic violence, coercive control and mental health difficulties from the outset.
Family Action is an award-winning national charity working from the heart of local communities across England and Wales. We’ve been supporting people through change, challenge and crisis for over 150 years.
We believe family is the key to positive futures, for individuals and communities. We believe there’s no right way to be a family, it's relationships that matter. We know first-hand that our early experiences of family stay with us, for better or worse.
That’s why, whatever’s going on in your family, we’re here for you. From baby bumps to bumps in the road, we’re here for every age and stage of life. Putting food on the table with our FOOD Club and National School Breakfast programmes, giving new families the best start through perinatal, parenting and post-adoption support, finding lost confidence through our wellbeing and counselling services.
Wherever we're needed, our Family Action support workers get right alongside people: protecting children, supporting young people and offering direct, practical help to families. Our national, free FamilyLine is open to anyone feeling overwhelmed with any family-related issue.
We all have our own family stories. Some are tougher than others. But the story of today doesn’t have to be the story of tomorrow, for any of us. Family is a doing word. Together, we change lives.
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