Public Seminars
This page lists our public seminars which are open to all parties affected by adoption and permanency, including professionals. Click on the course title or register tab to view detailed information. You can register via our electronic booking form and pay online. We are unable to take bookings or payments over the phone.
If you would like to go onto a waiting list for an event that is fully booked please email training@pac-uk.org. You will be contacted if a place becomes available and be sent a notification email when we run the event again.
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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.
PAC-UK Training service user feedback
I wish more people would access trainings like this.Mental health professional
The trainer was fantastic. Her insights so helpful... I was left wanting more.Teacher
More training like this please!Social worker
Brilliant and amazingly informative. I now have the confidence that the adoption is going to work.Prospective adopter
Excellent day. Really beneficial.Adoptive parent
Very impressed by the quality and the eloquence of the trainer. I feel very hopeful now. An excellent and informative day.Adoptive parent
Thank you. And thank goodness!Adoptive parent
Thanks for putting on the super 'Let's take it from the top' training. It was a really inspiring day that helped to make better sense of what some of our children and families are struggling with.Social worker
