Children And Trauma Community Hub – CATCH

CATCH (formerly The Adopter Hub) is an online platform offering practical, trusted support to adopters, foster carers, special guardians and the professionals that work alongside them.

Developed by PACT in 2018, CATCH was created by listening closely to the experiences of families and carers and working with them to design accessible tools that empower them to find the support they need, when they need it. 

The platform hosts hundreds of resources including videos, audio and written content plus live webinars, webchat and a dedicated forum. CATCH is a safe, knowledgeable space for anyone parenting or caring for a child who has experienced early life trauma.

Our team is dedicated to providing tailored support, learning opportunities and information for families, schools and practitioners. 

All PACT adoptive families have free access to CATCH once they begin the process to become approved adopters. Other adoption agencies and local authorities can also purchase subscriptions to CATCH for their own adopters and practitioners. 

If you are a PACT adopter and you have not logged in before, please click here to request a login and set up your account. 

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How you can partner with CATCH

Are you an organisation interested in gaining access to CATCH for your schools, adopters, foster carers or special guardians? Please get in touch to find out how CATCH can support you and your families. CATCH enables consistent, 24/7 support and information. Contact us to find out more.

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Watch this short video to find out what CATCH offers adopters:

All adopters and special guardians who log in to CATCH are able to access: 

  • One-to-one live webchat – online peer support from our trained Adopter Peer Supporters 
  • A private forum for adopters to chat anonymously to one another or ask questions to our team of experts 

All users have access to: 

  • Our specially developed 12 module eLearning course, ‘Introduction to Attachment’ 
  • Frequent live webinars from experts such as Louise Bomber covering important topics requested by users such as trauma, attachment, behaviour, race, parenting and more, as well as a library of past webinar recordings 
  • Resources covering a wide range of subjects and advice on a variety of key topics for adopters such as education, behaviour and physical and mental wellbeing 

In addition, we offer specialist resources for schools and practitioners such as: 

  • Dedicated webinars for practitioners on topics to support their work with adopters 
  • An eLearning package specifically for education professionals working with adopted children in the classroom 
  • Resources on a wide range of topics to support adoptive families such as support around trauma and transitions 
  • (Education professionals and practitioners do not have access to the forum or the webchat service as these are confidential services for adopters only) 

We have also created tailored resources for special guardians, who often face similar challenges to adoptive parents. Special guardians who have subscriptions to CATCH can access: 

  • Tailored resources about key topics such as finance, wellbeing, support in school and how to approach contact with birth families 
  • Specialist webinars from our experts and a library of past webinar recordings 
  • A private special guardian forum to provide the opportunity to chat anonymously to other special guardians