VANISH in North Melbourne, Victoria | Community organisation

VANISH

Locality: North Melbourne, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 9328 8611

Address: Level 1, 50 Howard Street 3051 North Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.vanish.org.au

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22.01.2022 Some of our regular support groups are still being offered via Zoom due to COVID-19. If you are interested please send us a message here, or email us, or call us in business hours.

20.01.2022 There are still a few places available for this course for mothers (also known as natural mothers) on Saturday. Please either email [email protected] or phone us for your registration form.

19.01.2022 What can you do when your hopes of reunion are unfulfilled? Shona Hendley shares her experience and hears from VANISH and psychologist Meredith Fuller about how to cope.

15.01.2022 Here is a Support Group update: Adoptee Only Tuesday Group - we plan to resume monthly face to face meetings as soon as possible but will stay on Zoom for now. Adoptee Only Thursday Group will be held bi-monthly and shift to Wednesdays. This group will stay on Zoom for people who cannot attend our face to face meetings. ... The Mixed Group will not be continued at this stage. We will offer ongoing support for anyone who attended this group who cannot attend the groups listed above. Please see our flyer for dates this year.

10.01.2022 This Sunday 21st March is the 8th Anniversary of the National Apology for Forced Adoptions. Our thanks to ARMS for holding this event in Melbourne which is open for everyone to attend. Please register with ARMS, details in the flyer.

10.01.2022 Free workshop for Fathers! Natural fathers of adopted people are often not connected in with post-adoption services or support groups even though they can struggle with what happened and with contact and reunion. Please help us reach them by sharing this information with any Natural Fathers you know.

10.01.2022 We are delighted that we have a very special guest speaker for our online AGM on 21st November. Sharon Kaplan Roszia is the co-author of Seven Core Issues in Adoption and has recently published a new book expanding this work to include permanent care and donor conception. To register follow this link.... https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/126194949491 See more

08.01.2022 We are pleased to be able to offer another one of Sian Prior’s Writing As Therapy courses to mothers separated from their child or children through past adoption practices. Priority will be given to mothers who live in Victoria or whose child was born and/or adopted in Victoria. Please contact us to register or find out more. Here is some feedback from the last one (published with permission): She was great and I loved how she shared her story (Anon) Valuable, lots of food for thought. (Robyn) Superb presentation Sian. You managed the zoom 2 hours expertly and smoothly. (Dorothy) I was thinking that I’d done enough classes, reading etc. about the process and inspiration for writing and just need to write more but this workshop proved me wrong. (Sylvia)

05.01.2022 On 25th October 2012 former Premier of Victoria Ted Baillieu delivered the Victorian Parliamentary Apology for Past Adoption Practices. A key outcome of the apology was the long-awaited Adoption Act Amendment which legislated a natural parent's right to information about an adult adopted person. A further amendment in 2015 removed contact statements thereby ensuring equal rights for natural parents and adopted persons to apply for identifying information and to record their ...wishes regarding contact. While this year we are not able to gather to commemorate the eighth anniversary of our apology, we can join together in our loss, sorrow and hope and share our solidarity with all mothers, fathers, sons, daughters and other relatives affected by harmful adoption practices. You are welcome to contact VANISH for free confidential information, support and search assistance here on Facebook or email us at [email protected] or telephone (03) 9328 8611 or 1300 826474.

04.01.2022 The Victorian Forced Adoption Inquiry will be holding hearings next week. People who wish to speak at the hearing are asked to register beforehand by either phoning (03) 8682 2843 or emailing: [email protected]. For information and support, please feel free to contact us.