If you are a Professional working for one of the following Local Authorities or an individual living in one of the areas listed you may choose the 'PAC-UK Subscribing Local Authorities' price when making a booking.
Correct as at 1 September 2023.
London/South
Adopt London East
Barking & Dagenham
Havering
Newham
Tower Hamlets
Adopt London North
Barnet
Camden
Enfield
Hackney
Haringey
Islington
Adopt London South
Croydon
Greenwich
Kingston
Lambeth
Lewisham
Merton
Richmond
Southwark
Sutton
Wandsworth
Adopt London West
Brent
Ealing
Hammersmith & Fulham
Hounslow
Coram - Ambitious for Adoption
City of London
Harrow
Hillingdon
Kensington & Chelsea
Redbridge
Waltham Forest
Westminster
Other
Essex
Suffolk
Thurrock
North London Fostering & Permanency Consortium
Barnet
Camden
Enfield
Hackney
Haringey
Islington
Special Guardianship Contracts
Lambeth
Waltham Forest
Special Guardianship Support Service
Cumbria
Isle of Wight
Kent
Leeds/North
Adoption Counts
Cheshire East
Manchester
Salford
Stockport
Trafford
Adoption in Merseyside
Knowsley
Liverpool
Sefton
Wirral
Adopt North East
Gateshead
Newcastle upon Tyne
North Tyneside
Northumberland
South Tyneside
Adoption Now
Bolton
Blackburn with Darwen
Bury
Oldham
Rochdale
Tameside
One Adoption North & Humber
East Riding of Yorkshire
Hull City Council
North East Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire
North Yorkshire
York
One Adoption South
Barnsley
Doncaster
Rotherham
Sheffield
One Adoption West Yorkshire
Bradford
Calderdale
Kirklees
Leeds
Wakefield
Together for Adoption
Cheshire West & Chester
Halton
St Helen’s
Warrington
Wigan
Other
Birmingham
Lincolnshire CC
Sunderland
Historic adoption: Experiences and reflections from adoptee Jan Shine, birth mother Jill Killington and researcher Dr Michael Lambert
Free Event
Date: October 16, 2023
This FREE to attend online event is open to all parties affected by adoption and permanency, including social workers and other professionals.
Jan, Jill and Michael, all involved in the demand for an apology and the subsequent JCHR enquiry will talk about their experiences and impact of adoption, the enquiry and responses to it.
Event start time 1.00pm | Event end time 2.00pm
(Zoom link will be sent to everyone who registers closer to the time of the event)
Availability: Spaces remaining.
Film launch: Messages from adopted people and birth parents
Free Event
Date: October 17, 2023
This FREE to attend online event is open to all parties affected by adoption and permanency, including social workers and other professionals.
Introduced by Mike Hancock, National Strategic Lead at PAC-UK, the official launch of two short and powerful films made by PAC-UK and commissioned by the National Adoption Strategy Team.
Trigger warning: The films contain references to mental health difficulties, suicidal thoughts, domestic violence and coercive control.
Event start time 1.00pm | Event end time 2.00pm
(Zoom link will be sent to everyone who registers closer to the time of the event)
Availability: Spaces remaining.
Moving forwards, not moving on: Birth parent perspectives on support
Free Event
Date: October 18, 2023
This FREE to attend online event is open to all parties affected by adoption and permanency, including social workers and other professionals.
Hosted by birth mother and expert by experience, Angela Frazer-Wicks MBE and birth mother and expert by experience, Kristy, who will be sharing how support has helped them move forward rather than moving on in relation to their children’s adoption.
Event start time 2.00pm | Event end time 3.15pm
(Zoom link will be sent to everyone who registers closer to the time of the event)
Availability: Spaces remaining.
Adopted people in-person meet-up - London
Free Event
Date: October 20, 2023
This FREE to attend event is open to adopted people (aged 18 and over only) and will take place at our fully accessible Family Action Head Office, 34 Wharf Road, London, N1 7GR.
We warmly welcome you to our in-person adopted person meet-up day. A chance for adopted people to meet, discuss, have lunch, share experiences and enjoy being with others who really do understand.
We appreciate the day may be overwhelming for many, and for some people, this could be the first time they have ever met another adopted person. We will create safe break-out spaces that can used to meet others, chill, or take a breather!
Event start time 12.00pm | Event end time 4.30pm
Please arrive at least 15 minutes early for welcome and refreshments.
Availability: 0
Online CPV-NVR Parent Group 34 via Zoom: Weekly online sessions (Monday evenings) for adoptive parents and carers of children presenting challenging, destructive and violent behaviour
Price: £1949.00
Date: November 13, 2023
The 10 weekly online sessions for adoptive parents and carers will take place from 8.15pm to 9.45pm on Monday evenings via Zoom on the following dates:
November 13, 20 & 27
December 4 & 11
January 8, 15, 22 & 29
February 5
The group includes one follow-up group session on 26 February 2024 plus one initial consultation meeting, one review meeting and one report per participant or couple.
We will be coordinating with the different half terms over the country and may adapt the above dates if needed.
Availability: Last few spaces only.
Online CPV-NVR Parent Group 35 via Zoom: Weekly online sessions (Thursday afternoons) for adoptive parents and carers of children presenting challenging, destructive and violent behaviour
Price: £1949.00
Date: November 30, 2023
The 10 weekly online sessions for adoptive parents and carers will take place from 12.00pm to 1.30pm on Thursday afternoons via Zoom on the following dates:
November 30
December 7 & 14
January 11, 18 & 25
February 1, 8, 22 & 29
The group includes one follow-up group session on 14 March 2024 plus one initial consultation meeting, one review meeting and one report per participant or couple.
We will be coordinating with the different half terms over the country and may adapt the above dates if needed.
Availability: Last few spaces only.
IMPORTANT: To ensure we are alerted to your booking you must 'Confirm Registration' after submitting your details. You will also get a confirmation email when you do this.
If you do not receive the confirmation email within a few minutes, please check your Junk folder just in case the confirmation email got delivered there instead of your Inbox. If so, select the confirmation message and mark it Not Junk, which should allow future messages to get through.
Once you have confirmed registration you must select an 'online' or 'off-line' payment option. If paying by Debit/Credit card you must click on the PayPal icon under 'On-line Payment Processing'. You will be redirected to a PayPal screen where you can either login to PayPal (if you have a PayPal account) OR click on the 'Check Out as a Guest' button where you can pay via Debit/Credit card without needing to login to a PayPal account.
