What We Do

The Trust provides a highly professional, specialised service, reuniting Britain's former Child Migrants with their mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters and other relatives. On behalf of all former Child Migrants, regardless of age, religion or migrating agency, the Trust conducts careful family research, often having first obtained files from the relevant agencies. This enables information to be provided regarding family origins together with sensitive counselling to prepare individuals to reunite with their families after decades of painful, unnecessary separation.

The Child Migrants Trust has now reunited well over a thousand families, when the opportunity to meet their family and develop relationships was something former Child Migrants had considered impossible

The Trust offers an independent professional service from its U.K. base in Nottingham and its offices in Melbourne and Perth, Australia. However, time is running out for Britain's former Child Migrants, especially if they are to meet their elderly parents. Further funding is urgently required to continue our vital, humanitarian work.

Funding and Support:

Many individuals and families have given donations, both large and small, to maintain the Trust's services over the past two decades. At critical times, this support has been absolutely essential to the survival of the Trust.

We also acknowledge and thank the following organisations which have provided recent funding for the Trust's work:

British Government, Department of Health
Nottinghamshire County Council
Federal Australian Government - Department of Immigration and Citizenship
State Government of Western Australia, Department for Child Protection
Victoria State Government, Department of Human Services
Lotterywest, Western Australia