The Family Care Society was one of the agencies that gave evidence to the Inquiry into the Welfare of Former British Child Migrants in 1998. At that time, it was a voluntary adoption agency in Northern Ireland, ‘working with the sending agencies in getting information, in tracing families and providing counselling and arranging for reunion work’ related to the 100 children who were sent from Northern Ireland to Australia.
By 1998, the Family Care Society was continuing work previously undertaken by the Sisters of Nazareth in Derry and the Down and Connor Adoption Society.
The Family Care Society also assisted families of former child migrants who came from the Republic of Ireland to trace relatives separated by child migration. They worked closely with the Catholic Child Welfare Council in Britain and with the CBERSS – Christian Brothers Ex-Residents and Students Service in Western Australia.
From
1989
To
Current
Alternative Names
The Sisters of Nazareth Adoption Society
Catholic Family Care Society Northern Ireland
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