Welcome to UK DonorLink
UK DonorLink is a voluntary contact register set up to enable people conceived through donated sperm, and / or eggs, their donors and half-siblings to exchange information and where desired to contact each other. The register is specifically for anyone over the age of 18 who was conceived using donated sperm or eggs, or who donated, in the UK, before the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act came into force in August 1991. The register is available throughout the UK.
For further information please go to our Information page
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LATEST NEWS
MORE MEDIA INTEREST!
UK DonorLink has been approached again by a TV production company who are researching for a documentary project. Below is their request for involvement from our Registrants:
"We are a television production company interested in speaking with donor conceived people, parents and donors who are willing to tell their stories of searching and/or finding biological relatives for an upcoming documentary project.
If you have a story and would be interested in this project please contact me at celine@offthefence.com / 0117 909 7567. I understand the sensitivity of this issue, all conversations will be kept confidential and only taken further at your request.
'Off The Fence Productions' is an Emmy award winning independent television Production Company renowned for making distinctive and high-quality factual programming."
Celine Ritchie, Development Producer
www.offthefence.com
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‘Fabulous' magazine also want to do an article on sisters aged 18-40 years who were united through UK DonorLink.
Registrants who are interested in media involvement please contact the UKDL Co-ordinators on 0113 264 1631.
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UK DonorLink is pleased to announce that the Government has offered us a further grant to keep our service going until the end of March 2012 while they consider alternative options. While this is not as firm a commitment to the security of the voluntary register service as we would have liked, it allows us to resume our service for the time being.
WE WILL THEREFORE RESUME TAKING REGISTRATIONS FROM THURSDAY 15th SEPTEMBER UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE AND WILL GIVE PRIORITY TO THOSE WHO JOINED OUR WAITING LIST SINCE WE SUSPENDED REGISTRATIONS ON 26th AUGUST.
We ask for your patience while we work through the large backlog.
In her letter to us of 5th September the Minister, Anne Milton, said: “I am keen for options to be considered in the next few months, bearing in mind the difficulties that have been encountered in sorting out a more settled future for the register.” .
We are highly concerned that the service is now facing a further period of uncertainty. UKDL will continue to press for the voluntary register to be placed on a more permanent footing. We would like to thank those of you who offered support nationally and internationally through this difficult time and invite you to maintain contact with us as we enter this new and uncertain time.
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LATEST NEWS
UKDonorLink ePetition setup for continued Government Funding
A supporter of UKDonorLink has set up an epetition calling on the government to restore our funding. We urge you to all to sign the petition and to circulate it to all your contacts.
To sign the petition online - please click here.
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BBC1 DOCUMENTARY - TUESDAY 30TH AUGUST 2011
A BBC1 documentary 'Donor Mum: The Children I've never met' was broadcast at 22:35pm on Tuesday 30th August and UK DonorLink has helped with its production. For more details visit our News page by clicking here.
We hope to have the documentary available for sale on DVD soon.
Outside of the UK Area
For Rest of the World Visitors, you can view a streaming version of the documentary by clicking here
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Urgent plea for UK DonorLink funding!
UK DonorLink (UKDL) was originally set up as a pilot project with a grant from the Department of Health.
The DoH will cease to fund the project from October and we urgently need to find new ways of funding our valuable work , including donations from individuals and grant making bodies.
If you value the work of UKDL and can help us in any way, please make a donation today.
You can send us a cheque made payable to “UK DonorLink” FAO: Christine Gunter, UKDL, Hollyshaw House, 2 Hollyshaw Lane, Leeds. LS15 7BD
If you are a UK Taxpayer, please remember that if you Gift Aid your donation, it will be worth 25% more.
Thank you
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ABOUT UKDL
UK DonorLink has been funded by the UK Department of Health since its launch in 2004.
The register is currently managed by After Adoption Yorkshire (AAY). They are a specialist independent registered charity that offers information, advice, counselling, support and training to people whose lives have been affected by adoption. They also have staff with experience and knowledge of donor conception issues.
UK DonorLink has a dedicated team within AAY, committed to developing a service that is shaped by the needs of donor-conceived people and their families as well as by donors and their relatives. Confidentiality and sensitivity to the very personal nature of enquiries is a priority for the service.
UKDL staff working on the project are supported by a small Advisory Group consisting of people with relevant professional experience along with representatives from a Registrants Panel including donor-conceived adults and donors. One place is also reserved for the parent of a donor-conceived child.
We are especially concerned to ensure that people whose lives are directly touched by donor-assisted conception are both informed and able to make their views known to the register.
Registrants Panel
UKDL has an active Registrants Panel which meets twice a year before the Advisory Group. The Registrants Panel is open to all Registrants - donor-conceived adults and donors.
If you are interested in attending the meetings please
contact UKDL for details. The next meeting is scheduled for March 2012.
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Please click here to view our
UKDL Financial Implications Leaflet
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Please find Annual Report for UKDL for 2009/2010 by clicking here
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