Adoption Services
Brighton and Hove are committed to providing support and advice to anyone affected by adoption.
This includes
- Birth relatives of children who have been adopted or for whom the plan is adoption.
- Adopted adults.
- Adoptive families.
For Birth relatives
- If you are a Brighton and Hove resident who is the relative of a child who was adopted in the past.
- If you are the relative of a child for whom this Local Authority is making a plan for adoption.
We can offer:
- Counselling and advice in relation to adoption issues.
- Free access to Post Adoption Centre Helpline and monthly surgeries in Brighton.
- Support, advice and mediation in relation to maintaining contact with a child who has been adopted.
- Assistance and advice for those seeking contact with an adult relative who has been adopted.
For Adopted adults:
- If you are over 18, were adopted and are resident in Brighton and Hove.
We can offer:
- Counselling and advice on adoption issues.
- Counselling to those seeking information about their origins through access to their birth records.
- Support and advice to adopted people who are seeking or have made contact with their birth relatives.
- This will include facilitating a meeting if appropriate. Free access to the Post Adoption Centre Helpline, local surgeries and groups.
The Post Adoption Centre can be contacted at
5 Torriano Mews,
London,
NW5 2RZ
Telephone: 020 7284 5879
Advice Line is open 10.00am - 1.00pm Monday - Friday, plus 5.30 - 7.30pm on Thursdays.
www.postadoptioncentre.org.uk
For further information please contact the Adoption & Permanence Team on 01273 295444.
For our Post Adoption Service Leaflet please click here
Please see the page on support for adopters.
