I want to access my adoption records

If you want to know how to access your adoption records and you have an adoption connection with Nottinghamshire, Support After Adoption may be able to help you.

If you have been adopted and would like information from your adoption records, SAA can offer you advice and support. However, to access your records, you must be 18 or over.

A social worker from SAA will meet with you to talk over your request once it's been established that Nottinghamshire County Council holds your file.

If your file is held by a different agency or you don’t know which agency holds your file, we will advise you on what to do. SAA has a leaflet ‘Services for adopted adults’ which you might find useful. There is also a leaflet called ‘If you are adopted’, available from www.baaf.org.uk.

Call us on 0115 978 7376 [Mon 9.30am-1.00pm, Tues 6.00pm-9.00pm, Thurs 1.00pm-4.00pm] or e-mail: support.afteradoption@nottscc.gov.uk

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