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Making Connections

A Barnardo's reunion

Making Connections is a national and international service for adults, providing access to Barnardo's personal adoption and care records.

Making Connections also provides support, advice and intermediary services to adopted adults and former care adults.  In addition, it offers independent counselling and support to birth parents and relatives on behalf of several local authorities.

Making Connections can provide information and help with:

  • access to post adoption services for adopted adults (i.e. over 18), birth parents and relatives
  • accessing records for former care adults in the UK, Australia and Canada
  • tracing family members and important people from the past
  • intermediary services following successful tracing
  • genealogy services for descendants of former Barnardo children in the UK, Australia and Canada
  • The Barnardo’s Guild which promotes links between former Barnardo’s children nationally and worldwide

Contact details:

Making Connections
Barnardo’s
Cottage 4
Tanners Lane
Barkingside
Essex, IG6 1QG

Telephone:020 8498 7536
Fax:020 8498 7017
Email:makingconnections@barnardos.org.uk