
Jigsaw Queensland
Jigsaw Queensland Inc.
New Farm, QLD, Australia
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Jigsaw Queensland is a non-profit association based in New Farm, Australia working on human rights, mental health.
Jigsaw Queensland Inc. is a non-profit, member-based organisation in Queensland, Australia, that provides professional and peer support, information, referral and advocacy to anyone affected by adoption, including adopted people, mothers and fathers who lost children to adoption, adoptive families and donor-conceived adults. Its services include support groups in Brisbane, Toowoomba and online, search and reunion assistance, and Forced Adoption Support Services funded by the Australian Government. The organisation also advocates for adoption law reform, access to information and redress for people affected by forced adoption, and runs the Adopt Perspective podcast. Established in 1976 and incorporated in Queensland in 1988, it is run with a combination of professional staff and trained volunteer helpers and relies on membership, donations, bequests and government funding.
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Forced Adoption Support Services
Australia
Telephone information, referral and emotional support, record searches and family tracing, and face-to-face information where possible, for people affected by forced adoption in Queensland. Funded by the Australian Government.
Small Grants Program
Australia
Funding for peer support and advocacy groups to run events and activities that benefit people affected by forced adoption.
Adopt Perspective podcast
Australia
Podcast featuring lived-experience stories and expert conversations on adoption, trauma, identity and related issues.
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State Library of Queensland, The DNA Connection, Australian Government Department of Social Services
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