Project
Birth Parents Support Service
Funding
Running costs of around £50,000 a year, funded through a contract with Medway Council
Background
The government's 2013 Statutory Guidance on Adoption requires independent support to be made available to the birth parents of children being adopted. In June 2014, charity Family Action took on this task in Medway, after winning a two-year council contract.
"When the court process finished, often birth parents were left with nothing and had unmet needs," says project co-ordinator Lauren Dyer. "We set out to address those needs and reduce the chance of it all happening again."
Action
The service is overseen by Dyer, helped by a support worker and four volunteer befrienders.
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