“My voice was snuffed out, the adults employed by the state to ensure my safety and wellbeing expressed their assumptions.” This is Sarah M.’s experience of accessing her records.
Archives are opening up again. If you plan on visiting, here are some things you should know.
Access to records may take longer than usual due to COVID-19 restrictions, but Find & Connect support services are here to help
For people who grew up in care, accessing records can be as devastating as it is important, but if the records are about you, you do have the right to annotate them
The Records Access Documentation Grants have made many more records available to people who were in care as children
People who spent time in St Christopher’s Home in Taree as children will now have faster, better access to records.
Guest Blog: The importance of gaining access to information about out of home care has been recognised with the launch of a new guideline by the NSW Information Commissioner
Records that have been improperly stored are often damaged & difficult to access. MacKillop’s RAD funded project will protect, index & digitise records of more than 2000 children
The impact records can have on a Care Leaver, by Greg Baker, who experienced accessing records about his own life in “care”
CAFS Ballarat RAD funded project will digitise & index records about hundreds of children from Ballarat Orphanage & Children’s Home
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