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Barnardo's
www.barnardos.org
First port of call for all those out there who are interested in Barnardo's.

Barnardo's MSN Group
banardosfamilygroup@groups.msn.com
This is an MSN Group set up by care leavers whoformerly lived in Barnardo's homes.

Boughton Hall, Chester
www.geocities.com/boughton_hall

Bryn Alyn Survivors
www.brynalyn.co.uk
This website is run by Nigel King, who is an abuse survivor from the Bryn Alyn Home. Nigel has a few photos and other bits of information. He also has a guest book and an opportunity for others from Bryn Alyn to get in touch with each other. Useful and interesting if you were at Bryn Alyn or want to know more about it.

Care Records in Western Australia
www.signposts.communitydevelopment.wa.gov.au
'Signposts' is a new resource for adult care leavers who want to access their records. It covers over 200 institutions in Western Australia. These are almost all residential institutions and it covers records from the 1920s onwards. It has been set up by the government of Western Australia.

ChildrenWebMag
www.childrenwebmag.com/
The internet's monthly childcare site published by Caring for Children

Dallington Lodge
groups.msn.com/DallingtonLodge
Site for those who were formerly in the care of Dallington Lodge, a Barnardo's home in Northampton. Run by Sandy Hall.

ex pats
www.expatsreunite.com

Goldings
www.goldings.org
This is the site for The Goldings School. It contains a great deal of information on the school, including reunions, stories, a history and a photo gallery.

Goldonians: Resource for Goldings and Barnardo's
www.goldonian.org
This website is a great resource for anyone on the care of Barnardo's in the past. Although it - naturally enough - focusses on Goldings, it also includes a detailed list of a wide number of Barnardo's homes. On the home page you will find a menu on the left. Click the 'past homes' button on the menu and you get access to lists of homes throughout the UK. Each home has details about it. These include address, photos, history and whatever else the site has been able to find. The site is run by Frank Cooke, an Old Goldonian.

Hidden Lives: Children's Society 1881-1918
www.hiddenlives.org.uk
This website is a mine of information on homes run by the Children's Society between 1881 and 1918. It has lots of photographs, details on about 175 homes and (anonymised) extracts from care files. It was pointed out to us by Patricia Bradburn, so thanks Patricia.

hornchurch cottage homes
http://www.kt4u.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/various/1897.htm
this is an archive site, well worth a look

Internations' Justice Federation: Canadian Institutional Abuse Survivors
www.restoringdignity.org
A Canadian website run by institutional abuse survivors. Keen on developing international links. Organising an international conference for October 2005.

MSN Group
groups.msn.com/childrenshomesukcommonwealth

MSN Group
groups.msn.com/CourtLodgeChildrensHome/home.htm

National Youth In Care Network - Canada
www.youthincare.ca

Quarriers homes
http://www.fbga.co.uk/
Public inquiry called for into past abuse at the home

Quarriers Homes Group
http://groups.msn.com/QuarriersHomes
This is an MSN on-line group for former children of Quarriers Homes.

Shirley oaks
http://groups.msn.com/Shirleyoakschildrenshome2
Group for ex residents of Shirley oaks childrens home. Ex staff also welcome

The Bryn Melyn Group Foundation
www.brynmelyngroupfoundation.org
"Making a difference beyond Care"
Also check out the information on National Careleavers Week