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Catch up with the latest news from Birthlink
Vacancy – Finance & Office Manager
We are looking for a Finance & Office Manager to assist with our financial processes and reporting as well as managing all aspects of our administrative processes and office...
Vacancy – Treasurer / Board Trustee
Birthlink is excited to annouce that we are seeking to appoint a Treasurer to our Board of Trustees to assist us with financial management, financial strategy, reporting and...
A jewel among Edinburgh’s charity shops
Out of sight not necessarily out of mind
Meeting my grandfather……
I met my grandfather for the firsttime last summer. He got out of thecar, trembling slightly under theweight of five lost decades. A nervousgrin lit up his face as he embraced...
Troubled legacy of adoption…
Legal Adoption in its current form is relatively new. But every society at every time in history has children who are separated, willingly or otherwise, from their immediate...
DNA testing and adoption
Have you considered using DNA testing to assist with identifying family? There are now a host of commercial companies offering ‘genealogy’ DNA test kits which can connect you to...
You can find your own Long Lost Family – Dr Gary Clapton
We in Birthlink always experience a surge in interest during each series of Long Lost Family, the tenth of which began in January. Presented by Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell,...
We’re back in business to help our adopted clients
Dr Gary Clapton shares some thoughts about Birthlink’s importance in the lives of its staff. We reopened last month. We’ve missed working alongside each other doing one of the...
Meeting birth parents is a highly charged event for the adopted
There are highs and lows in every relationship, says Dr Gary Clapton. Two years ago we published the results of our study into the long-term outcomes of reunions between adopted...