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Are you a mother or father whose son or daughter was adopted?
Are you an adopted person?
VANISH (Victorian Adoption Network for Information and Self-Help) is Victoria’s state funded post-adoption support service.
We are a not-for-profit, secular, charitable organisation established in 1989 by and for people affected by adoption. Our services include:
We also provide training for counsellors and mental health professionals on the impact of adoption and family separation, and we advocate for legislation, policy, and practice that supports the right to genealogical connection and identity.
Our services are offered to adopted people (domestic and intercountry), mothers, fathers, and relatives of adopted people, as well as others who have been separated from family, including donor-conceived people and Forgotten Australians.
VANISH understands past and forced adoption practices and their ongoing legacy of grief, loss, and trauma. Most of our staff and management committee have a lived experience of adoption and/or separation from family and this unique understanding informs everything that we do.
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Are you a mother or father whose son or daughter was adopted?
Are you an adopted person?
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Contact us by phone, email, or visit our North Melbourne office
Supporting those Affected by
Past Adoption Practices
17 Jul 2023
VANISH News Bulletin July 2023 Read More
01 May 2023
VOICE Autumn 2023 Read More
01 Mar 2023
VANISH News Bulletin March 2023 Read More
20 Dec 2022
VOICE Summer 2022 Read More
10 Nov 2022
VOICE Spring 2022 Read More
10 Nov 2022
VANISH AGM Fri 18 Nov 2022 Read More
11 Oct 2022
Forced Adoption Exceptional Circumstances Fund Read More
09 May 2022
VANISH Submission into Historical Forced Adoptions Read More
23 Dec 2021
Self Care Over the Festive Season Read More
17 Nov 2021
VANISH 2021 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Read More