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Membership

Membership to the Adopted Peoples Association is open to anyone who is affected by adoption and who supports our objectives. Application forms for membership will be available for download from this page in the near future. Membership costs €5.00 per calendar year.

Benefits of Membership

Members at present receive no special privileges apart from the satisfaction of knowing that they are helping to support adoption reform.

Objectives

The main objectives for which the APA is established are:
  • To promote and represent the interests of adopted people
  • To seek improvements in legislation relating to adoption
  • To seek improvements in services relating to adoption
  • To promote openness in adoption legislation, practice and procedure
  • To conduct and/or promote research into adoption
  • To acquire and disseminate information on all matters relating to adoption
  • To provide a forum for discussion on all matters relating to adoption.