Adoption England, in collaboration with the University of East Anglia, delivered a series of Culture Change Champion webinars as part of our wider training offer. Led by researchers from UEA – including Professor Beth Neil, Julie Young, Ruth Copson and Anne Murphy – the programme explored a wide range of topics around supporting safe and meaningful connections between adopted children and their birth families. The sessions were designed for professionals across the sector and featured contributions from speakers with lived experience of adoption.
All webinars were recorded and are available to view below.
Facilitating contact meetings – the role of the support worker
Supporting adoptive parents to consider contact at the pre-adoption stage
Supporting birth parents with contact
Improving adoption services for adults (IASA)
Maintaining relationships in intercountry adoption
Reopening ‘lost’ contact: How to reintroduce adopted children and birth relatives