Essential Information

Type Family fun
Location
Date and Times Monthly: Next date 19 July | 12.30pm - 2.30pm
Prices Ticketed | Free

Safe Harbour is a series of free workshops created to provide a safe space for foster and adoptive families with children under 13 years.

This is a bespoke session for foster and adoptive families. Please only book onto this session if you are part of this group. 

Join us from 12.30pm, bring along a snack or lunch and say hello to other families. After refreshments, take part in creative activities inspired by the items in the National Maritime Museum. During the activities you can pop in and out as your family needs. 

Interested in finding out more? Foster and adoptive families are welcome to pop along and say hello when sessions are running. The facilitator will be happy to chat about the sessions to help you decide if you'd like to attend in future. 

Safe Harbour has been created in consultation with support organisations including We Are Family, and local foster and adoptive families. The sessions are an opportunity for families to have fun together in a friendly and welcoming space.

Contact us at families@rmg.co.uk with any questions or to join the mailing list. 

Upcoming Dates

Sessions take place from 12.30pm-2.30pm on the last Saturday of the month, with tickets available from one month before. 

NB our January session will be earlier in the month due to facilitator availability. 

Date of sessionTickets available

19 July

Please note: this date has recently changed

Now
30 August26 July
20 September30 August
18 October20 September
29 November25 October
27 December29 November

Booking your tickets

  • To book your free tickets, please click the link above. This link will take you to Eventbrite. Please note that whilst the ticket page may be live, the tickets will not be available to book until the date referenced above.
  • Please book one ticket per family
  • As part of your booking, please let us know who will be coming and any needs within your family. These details will only be shared with the facilitator to support your visit.
  • If the session is sold out, you are able to register on a waiting list. You will be contacted automatically if a space opens up for your family.
  • If you are no longer able to attend, please cancel your booking so that another family can attend. 

LGBTQ+ Family Network

A safe space for local LGBTQ+ families to meet one another, get involved in creative activities for all ages and explore the stories within the collection

About Safe Harbour

Safe Harbour has been developed in consultation with families and We Are Family, a peer to peer support community by adopters, for adopters. 

We Are Family logo

We Are Family have recently released the second series in their podcast, Adoption Shared. In each episode, host Eddie Elliott meets adopters and professionals who share their insights and experiences of the adoption journey from a variety of different perspectives.

Listen here

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