Welcome to the Child Migrants Trust

The Child Migrants Trust was established in 1987 by Margaret Humphreys CBE, OAM; a Nottinghamshire Social Worker. It addresses the issues surrounding the deportation of children from Britain. In the post-war period, child migrants as young as three were shipped to Canada, New Zealand, the former Rhodesia and Australia, a practice that continued as late as 1970.

The Child Migrants Trust, a registered charity in both Australia and Britain, provides a range of social work services, including counselling and support  for family reunions. The Trust's offices in Nottingham, UK as well as Perth and Melbourne in Australia also offer information, advice and family research to former child migrants and their families.

Please take time to browse our website. It displays useful information and memorable photographs of former child migrants, as children and adults, to give you a window into our vital work.

Family Restoration Fund

For more details and application forms for the Family Restoration Fund, please click here

Make a Donation

If you would like to make a donation you can use the online facility by clicking on the image below, or by writing to us at an address shown on our contact page here