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Invitation to contribute to new play about people adopted from Hong Kong – 9/8/10

Adopted adults who were born in Hong Kong are invited to share their experiences to be used in dramatised form as part of a one-woman play.

New ITV series to reunite families - 21/7/10

In Long Lost Families presenters Nicky Campbell and Davina McCall will help people who have experienced long term separation from members of their family and who are now seeking to be reunited with them.

Tracing birth relatives survey - 12/7/10

As part of a new campaign on tracing birth families the British Association for Adoption & Fostering (BAAF) has launched a survey asking adopted people and birth families about their experiences of tracing relatives.

Adopted adults anthology: Call for submissions from under-represented voices - 17/6/10

If you are an adopted adult and woul like to write about your experience of adoption, please read this call for submissions for an anthology of adopted people's experiences, which is being edited by Perlita Harris and Chris Atkins and will be published by BAAF.

Adopted adults and their birth siblings: PhD research project - 17/3/10

Adopted adults are being invited to participate in a PhD research project exploring how adopted adults experienced growing up, either with or apart from, their birth brothers and sisters, and what these relationships mean in childhood and adulthood.

Birth children in adoptive families: Student research project - 26/02/10

Are you the sibling of an adopted person? Did your parents adopt a child when you were growing up (or before you were born)? If so please consider this invitation to participate in an undergraduate research project.

Consultation on the future of the Edited Register - 09/02/10

The Ministry of Justice is seeking views on proposals to abolish or change access to the edited version of the electoral register, which is at present is available for sale to anyone for any purpose, and is a valuable tool in adoption search and reunion work, and for family history research.

Accessing information about your origins when living abroad - 01/02/10

Advice for people who live abroad and are trying to access information about their origins has been published on the Adoption Search Reunion website.

Descendants of Deceased Adopted Persons new petition - 09/07/09

The Descendants of Deceased Adopted Persons campaign has launched a second petition on the Prime Minister's Office website.

New content added to the Adoption Search Reunion website - 12/05/09

Several new pages offering information and advice to adopted people on searching for adoption and birth information have been added to the ASR website.

Descendants of Deceased Adopted Persons petition - 08/01/09

The Descendants of Deceased Adopted Persons campaign has launched a petition on the Prime Minister's Office website.

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