# VANISH: Search and support for adults impacted by adoption and family separation

> Welcome to VANISH: Search and support for adults impacted by adoption and family separation\.

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## Pages
- [Our people](https://vanish.org.au/our-people/)
- [Home](https://vanish.org.au/)
- [Our services](https://vanish.org.au/what-we-do/our-services/)
- [Support and Counselling](https://vanish.org.au/support-and-counselling/)
- [Webinars \& Workshops](https://vanish.org.au/webinars-and-workshops/)

## Posts
- [Why VANISH matters: The healing power of connection and creativity](https://vanish.org.au/why-vanish-matters-the-healing-power-of-connection-and-creativity/): Adoptee Megan Fromholtz shares her experience of the VANISH Adoptee Wellbeing Day in Albury\-Wodonga\.
- [Psychoeducation Webinar: Thursday 23rd October \(repeat session\)](https://vanish.org.au/psychoeducation-webinar-understanding-adoption-trauma-systems-lens/): Join us for a repeat session of our popular webinar "Understanding Adoption Through a Trauma and Systems Lens", facilitated by psychologist and adoptee Cheyne Bull\. 
- ["Only through VANISH have I survived” – Adoptee support services at risk after 30 June as funding lapses](https://vanish.org.au/adoptee-support-services-at-risk-as-funding-lapses/): VANISH's specialist support services for adoptees are in jeopardy as Victorian Government funding for counselling brokerage and peer support groups lapses\.
- [We apologised for forced adoption, but not to adoptees](https://vanish.org.au/we-apologised-for-forced-adoption-but-not-to-adoptees/): Despite the National Apology, adoptee trauma has not been adequately recognised in its own right, writes Victorian adoptee Jennifer Pont\. Republished with permission from Eureka Street\.
- [Apply now to the Forced Adoptions Redress Scheme for Mothers](https://vanish.org.au/victorian-redress-scheme-for-mothers-closes-31-january-2028/): Applications for the Historical Forced Adoptions Redress Scheme, for mothers separated from their babies in Victoria prior to 1990, are open until 31 January 2028\.

## Categories
- [Resources](https://vanish.org.au/category/resources/)
- [News](https://vanish.org.au/category/news/)
- [Articles \& factsheets](https://vanish.org.au/category/resources/articles-factsheets/)
- [Our Story](https://vanish.org.au/category/our-story/)
- [Personal Stories](https://vanish.org.au/category/resources/personal-stories/)

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- [Adoption](https://vanish.org.au/tag/adoption/)
- [News](https://vanish.org.au/tag/news/)
- [adoptees](https://vanish.org.au/tag/adoptees/)
- [advocacy](https://vanish.org.au/tag/advocacy/)

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