CoramBAAF and the Archives and Records Association (ARA) are working in partnership to make it easier for adopted and care-experienced people to find and access records relating to their adoption and time in care. The freely accessible online resource detailing the location of adoption and care records, will combine data held by both organisations to create the UK’s most comprehensive and searchable database for the location of adoption and care records.

Work has already begun to merge and update existing datasets and there will be further development continuing throughout 2026. We will be updating this page regularly as the project develops.

 

Press release: New platform to give care-experienced and adopted people better access to their records

CoramBAAF and the Archives and Records Association (ARA) are today, Monday 9 March, announcing a partnership to make it easier for adopted and care-experienced people to find and access records relating to their adoption and time in care.

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Your feedback will help shape the design of the new resource, the information it contains, and how it supports people seeking to locate and access records. Please share widely within your networks. Survey closes 10am on 3 August 2026.

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