Real Life Stories
Adoption Contact Register Link- Carla & Julia’s story
The Birthlink team always celebrate when a link is established on the Adoption Contact Register by ringing a little bell, a gesture to symbolise the significance of facilitating “connection”. Carla had been adopted as a baby in 1966. She [...]
Adele’s story
Adele was born in London in 1967. Her birth mother Stella was from a white middle class family, she was training to be an accountant. Adele’s birth father Joe, was an African American solicitor who had met Stella whilst based in the UK on [...]
My journey throughout my life…
“One of our service users who came through Future Pathways has written a poem about her journey throughout her life, being in care and coming out a survivor. The poem came to her in the middle of the night and she says that she didn’t realise [...]