Sunday, February 24, 2013
Friday, February 22, 2013
Federal Apology, 21st march 2013.
The Prime Minister, the Hon Julia Gillard MP, and the Attorney-General, the Hon Mark
Dreyfus QC MP, invite those affected by forced adoption or removal policies and
practices and their families to attend the national apology at Parliament House in
Canberra on 21 March 2013. Please find attached the formal invitation.
Venue
The national apology will be delivered in the Great Hall of Parliament House,
Canberra. The event will commence at 10:30am with formal proceedings beginning at
11:00am AEDT. Tea and coffee will be available to attendees from 9:00am.
The national apology is a public event and will be open to all. Seating for
approximately 800 will be available in the Great Hall, with additional standing
room. Due to the large number of people expected to attend the apology, seating in
the Great Hall will not be pre-allocated. There will also be other vantage points
within Parliament House for people to view the apology on broadcast screens.
Appropriate arrangements will be made for those who require special assistance on
the day. Attendants will also be available to assist people.
The apology will be followed by a lunch for attendees from 12:30pm on the Federation
Mall lawns of Parliament House.
Further information about the event, including how to RSVP, can be found on the
Attorney-General's Department
website<http://www.ag.gov.au/About/ForcedAdoptionsApology/Pages/default.aspx>.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
An Invitation from Kate Cocks
Mothers separated fromtheir children by adoption
In November 2011 Uniting Communities and the Uniting Church in SA issued an unreserved apology to mothers who may have been coerced to give up
their children for adoption and to children who may have been removed from their mothers, through involvement with the Kate Cocks Memorial Babies Home.
Since then many Mothers have told us their stories have been overlooked and want them to be heard. In response we have developed a website to enable this to happen.
For more information contact:
Rev Peter McDonald, Uniting Communities
In November 2011 Uniting Communities and the Uniting Church in SA issued an unreserved apology to mothers who may have been coerced to give up
their children for adoption and to children who may have been removed from their mothers, through involvement with the Kate Cocks Memorial Babies Home.
Since then many Mothers have told us their stories have been overlooked and want them to be heard. In response we have developed a website to enable this to happen.
We invite Mothers separated from their children by adoption to an information session regarding how your story can be published.
Tuesday 26th February 7pm in Way Hall,
Level 1, 10 Pitt Street, Adelaide.For more information contact:
Rev Peter McDonald, Uniting Communities
peterm©unitingcommunitiesorg.au
82025880
No RSVP required
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
National Apology in Canberra on 21 March 2013.
The Australian Government has provided
$120,000 to support organisations across Australia to assist people affected by
forced adoption or removal policies and practices attend the National Apology
in Canberra on 21 March 2013. The following organisations have each been
provided $20,000 to assist those in need.
The organisations are responsible for making arrangements and are
advertising the availability of the funding through their existing
networks. For more information you
should contact the relevant organisation:
Post Adoption Resource Centre (PARC)
Post Adoption Resource Centre
Locked Bag 6002
HURSTVILLE NSW 1481
Ph: (02) 9504 6788, Regional NSW: 1300 659 814
Fax: 02 9570 2699
Email: parc@bensoc.org.au<mailto:parc@bensoc.org.au>
Website:
www.benevolent.org.au/connect/post--adoption--support/<http://www.benevolent.org.au/connect/post--adoption--support/>
Ph: (02) 9604 9352
Mob:0411 164 964
Fax: (02) 9604 1950
Email: adoptionorigins@hotmail.com<mailto:adoptionorigins@hotmail.com>
Website: www.originsnsw.com<http://www.originsnsw.com>
VANISH Inc
Level 1, 50-52 Howard Street
North Melbourne, Victoria
Ph: (03) 9328 8611 or 1300 826 474
Email: info@vanish.org.au<mailto:info@vanish.org.au>
Website: www.vanish.org.au<http://www.vanish.org.au>
Jigsaw Queensland
Jigsaw Queensland
PO Box 912
New Farm QLD 4005
Ph: (07) 3358 6666
Mob: 0437 016 437
Email: jigsawqueensland@bigpond.com<mailto:jigsawqueensland@bigpond.com>
Adoption Jigsaw
Adoption Jigsaw
Ph: (08) 9384 0222
Website: www.jigsaw.org.au<http://www.jigsaw.org.au/>
Post Adoption Support Services (PASS)
Post Adoption Support Services
Relationships Australia SA
PH (08) 8245 8100
Email: passinfo@rasa.org.au<mailto:passinfo@rasa.org.au>
Website: www.rasa.org.au/PASS.aspx<http://www.rasa.org.au/PASS.aspx>
VANISH Inc
Level 1, 50-52 Howard Street
North Melbourne, Victoria
Ph: (03) 9328 8611 or 1300 826 474
Email: info@vanish.org.au<mailto:info@vanish.org.au>
Website: www.vanish.org.au<http://www.vanish.org.au>
Post Adoption Support Services
Relationships Australia SA
191 Flinders Street
Mobile: 0400 267 518
Fax: (08) 8359 3599
Thanks to Chris cole for this information.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Funding to Attend Federal Apology in Canberra 21st March 2013.
The Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department has provided Jigsaw
Queensland Inc. with a grant to distribute to current Queensland residents affected by past forced adoption practices who need financial assistance to attend the apology in Canberra on 21 March 2013 or a local viewing event.
Support is available for travel to and from Canberra and up to one night’s accommodation on the night before or after the apology.
Post Adoption Support Queensland has already generously agreed to host a viewing event in Brisbane again and we encourage all support groups to attend this event if possible. Guidelines and application forms will be available from Jigsaw Queensland from Monday 10 February 2013.
Applicants are encouraged to assist others by applying only for the assistance they need.
* All applicants must be current residents of Queensland and apply personally.
* · Priority will given to parents separated from a child by adoption and adopted persons
* · Applicants must be committed and able to attend the apology on 21 March * · There is no funding available at this stage for support persons.
* · Applicants agree to make their own travel arrangements and cover their own incidental costs.
* · Amount of funding will depend on the number of eligible applicants and full funding cannot be guaranteed for all applicants. For example, travel and accommodation assistance may be capped.
* · If funds are oversubscribed allocation may be by ballot.
* · Funds will be provided for actual expenditures only and receipts will be required in a timely fashion.
* · Successful applicants will be reimbursed by cheque only. The funding is provided for individuals to attend; however, we are aware that support groups are the best way of identifying and encouraging those people needing assistance to apply.
Jigsaw Queensland, however, accepts sole responsibility for distributing the funds according the Commonwealth Attorney-General's guidelines.
The deadline for applications is Wednesday 20 February 2013.
Guidelines and application forms are available from Jigsaw Queensland via Email: jigsawqueensland@bigpond.com (preferred)
Mail: Jigsaw Qld, PO Box 912, New Farm, QLD 4005
Ph: 07 3358 6666 and leave a short message with your contact email or postal address. Trevor Jordan President Jigsaw Queensland, Inc.
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