Pause – Creating Space for Change
Creating space for change
We are delighted to announce the appointment of three new trustees to our board: Helen Causley, Deputy Director of Inquiries and Investigations in the Department of Health and Social Care Peter Gilheany, charity director of… [Read More]
The Pause advisory group is a group of Pause graduates from across the UK who come together to help Pause’s board of trustees, senior leadership team and national team make decisions about how and why… [Read More]
What is your idea? We recommend that all birth parents are offered trauma-informed, relationship-based support after the removal of a child from their care, so that the removal of a child from their care never… [Read More]
7 December 2021 is National Letter Writing Day. To mark this, national charity Pause has launched a day of action and published its letter to Santa, calling for a letterbox contact system that better serves adopted children,… [Read More]
The work I do focuses on anti-racism. To be exact, I help organisations to have healthy conversations about race, as a way to implement anti-racism strategies. Along with the fantastic facilitators from the Pause network,… [Read More]
The letterbox contact system between adopted children and their birth families is outdated, complicated and prioritises administration over building relationships. It is a system that is not delivering. The latest report from national charity Pause explores families’ experiences of letterbox contact, reveals the failures of the system and argues it’s time to deliver… [Read More]
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