News and blogs

Building a big family through adoption: ask your questions live

PACT is holding a free online live Q&A on Thursday 26th September at 12.30pm for people who have dreamed of having a big family through adoption.

Blog: Meeting his children’s birth family – A PACT dad’s experience

Agreeing to meet his children's birth mum and grandma was the most nerve-wracking experience one PACT dad had during the adoption process but probably, he says, the most important.

Blog: What Pride means to me

As June is Pride month, Heather, a PACT senior social worker and PACT’s LGBTQ+ ambassador, reflects on her experiences of Pride.

Alana House named as winner of 2024 Robin Corbett Award

PACT's women's community project Alana House has been named as winner in the 2024 Robin Corbett Awards which shine a spotlight on the best work in prisoner reintegration.

Blog: PACT on BBC’s The One Show

PACT took part in a feature on BBC's The One Show on 3rd June which highlighted the need for adoptive parents for Black children waiting in care.

PACT hosts children’s karaoke event in Reading

Calling all future pop stars! As part of this year’s Reading Children’s Festival, PACT is inviting children and families to come and sing the afternoon away at a children’s karaoke event.

BB4K receives funding as part of plan to transform domestic abuse services

PACT's domestic abuse recovery programme is one of six projects to be funded and evaluated under the REACH five year plan.

Families urgently needed to adopt children with additional needs

PACT has joined 20 other voluntary adoption agencies to find more adoptive parents for children with additional needs who are waiting for a family.

Free CATCH access for schools in Wokingham, Windsor and Maidenhead

EVERY school in Wokingham, Windsor and Maidenhead is being offered a year's free access to CATCH to help teachers support children who have been in care or affected by early childhood trauma.

A new partnership to find more adoptive families for children in Buckinghamshire

PACT has been chosen as a partner by Buckinghamshire Council to form a new regional adoption agency together.

Adoption agencies join forces to keep brothers and sisters together

VOLUNTARY adoption agencies across the UK have come together with a joint mission to stop brothers and sisters who are waiting in care from being separated when adopted.

CATCH opens up independent membership

Parents and carers of children affected by early childhood trauma can now take out their own membership of PACT's online support platform CATCH - the Children and Trauma Community Hub

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