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Barnardo's Family Connections UK
Or should that be, Barnardos' Family Connections UK
I wanted to put this up again and with the correct spelling for the search engines
My solicitor retired from from case practise, last month.
A couple of weeks ago I got one of those cards from the postman through the door to say there's a big parcel they tried to deliver while I was out.
Went down to the PO and there were three big parcels about as much as you'd want to carry of past correspondence, I've not had the heart to look at it all yet. Over £50 in postage
The bill for the last five years work has arrived, not as much as I thought which encourages me to carry on.
Barnardo's claimed last December that they had provided me with ALL the documents from my file, in a recent letter they admit that they have not. Those they have provided are very very poor quality copies. Extremely poor compared to the copies I have seen at Barkingside. So the fight goes on.
So be warned, if you're given any choice beware of Barnardos Family Connections, Adoption Support Agency is a real misnomer, 15 years of grief trying to deal with Barnardos.
Barnardo's Family Connections
They're not as good as they want you to think and never have been, you might find yourself cut off with no service at all right in the middle your search. Barnardos Family Connections used to call itself Barnardo's Counselling Services Project, it hasn't improved for changing its name.
Barnardos Family Connections now refuse to see me even though I am in the middle of tracing my patrilineal family. They are providing no counselling, most of my documents have arrived on the doorstep via its and my solicitors. Completely against the rules. The documents that Barnardos still withhold are of great importance to my current situation.
Barnardos (Dr Barnardo's) access to records
and still after eight years
Barnardos (or Barnardo's) letter re Family Connections
Would you trust these people?
Would you trust them to transcribe documents for you?
From Barnardo's at Barkingside the main policy as always in the UK, is, keep individual and corporate backsides covered never mind the individual lives of past clients or their families.
Robin Harritt
harritt.eu
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