Alternative Family Week will be held from 13th September - 19th September 2015

ALTERNATIVE FAMILY WEEK Events 2015

• Out with the Family's London Zoo | Sunday 13 September
Alternative Parenting Week 2014 launches at Out with the Family's London Zoo trip Sunday 14 September. The day out is aimed at same-sex families and their friends and will include entry to London Zoo, lunch and activities for kids and adults throughout the day.
To book: Click here for more information and here to book your tickets

• GWN: Love, death and taxes - LGBT families and the law | Tuesday 15 September
GWN are hosting an event to equip you with all you should know about protecting your assets, estate planning and the legal implications of marriage and having a family. Many people are still unaware that there is no such thing as a ‘common law’ marriage, and the financial and legal implications of living together and jointly owning property are widely misunderstood.
Time: 6.30pm-9pm              
FREE to attend
Venue: Mishcon de Reya, Summit House, 12 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4QD

•Stonewall's #InfolineLive: Family special | Tuesday 15th September
To celebrate Alternative Family Week, Stonewall are dedicating their Twitter info session to LGBT+ parenting. Log on and ask questions or join the debate on LGBT+ families.
Time: 6.30pm-7.30pm
Venue: Twitter.com using hashtag #infolinelive

• Opportunities 4 Women: STARTING A FAMILY DURING YOUR CAREER
| Tuesday 15 September

This session will look at:
  • Planning your careers and family. When is best for your career plan?
  • Pregnancy and work - what to expect?
  • What you should know about fertility (there have been a lot of recent reports on career women, age and subjects such as egg/embryo freezing if you aren't ready to have a family yet)
  • Understand paternity and maternity rights
  • Going it alone! Can you be a single parent and manage a career?
  • Maybe  Adoption is the way forward for you

Time: 6.30pm-9pm
FREE to attend
Venue: Linklaters, 1 Silk St, London EC2Y 8HQ

• Family Futures: A dedicated information evening on adoption
 At our Information Evening, we’ll take you through a short presentation, share some relevant case studies, allow you to meet other like-minded people who are also considering adoption and create an open forum to answer any questions you may have.
 Time:   7pm-8.30pm
FREE to attend
Venue: Family Futures, 3&4 Floral Place, Northampton Grove, London, N1 2PL
To book: Call Amy on 020 7354 4161 or email [email protected]

• INSEMINAR | Thursday 17 September
THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. PLEASE BOOK ON THE EVENT AT THE ALTERNATIVE PARENTING SHOW with England footballer Casey Stoney (info here)
The London Women’s Clinic’s popular INSEMINAR events have been running for eight years and are a great chance to learn more about treatment with donor sperm. The session will guide you through selecting a sperm donor, your fertility and possible treatments such as donor insemination, IVF, egg-sharing and egg donation. Legal implications and how to support yourself through treatment will also be discussed.

• Alternative Parenting Show | Saturday 19 September
The week concludes at the Alternative Parenting Show on Saturday 19 September. An established exhibition with advice giving information on all the options to starting a family. Celebrities including Heather Peace, Casey Stoney and Charlie Condou give their stories. www.alternativeparenting.co.uk
Book here
Venue: Grand Connaught Rooms, Covent Garden, London

OTHER FEATURED EVENTS

• Family Pride Festival | Friday  7 - Monday 10 August 2015
Families from all over the UK come together for a camping weekend of activities, arts and music set in the beautiful Staffmoorlands countryside. Get ready for an action packed, fun filled weekend and meeting new friends.
•Surrogacy in the USA: Dublin, Ireland Seminar
How to maximize success and minimize costs

This free seminar is open to all intended parents considering surrogacy and egg donor. The Fertility Centre of Las Vegas will have a panel of experts on board to discuss:

The surrogacy process from start to finish including how to maximize success and minimize costs; the diagnostic testing and screening of the egg donor and surrogate; preimplantation Genetic Screening (PGS) of embryos; single vs double embryo transfer; legal aspects of surrogacy and the Ireland referendum.

There will be ample time for questions and answers.

Other promotions

20% discount will be offered through Alternative Family Week
Modern Families brings together research on parenting and child development in new family forms including lesbian mother families, gay father families, families headed by single mothers by choice, and families created by assisted reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), egg donation, sperm donation, embryo donation, and surrogacy. This research is examined in the context of the issues and concerns that have been raised regarding these families.
Susan Golombok is Director of the Centre for Family
Research at the University of Cambridge and Professorial
Fellow at Newnham College, Cambridge.
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