Renewing Roots

If you believe you may have participated in a trial while resident in a Mother and Baby Home, you can request access to any personal data held about you by contacting:

[email protected]

Before making a request, please visit:
https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/locations/ireland/gsk-mother-and-baby-home-information-service/

This page provides further information about the trials, as well as details of the information required to process a Subject Access Request.

If you need free, confidential advice about applying for records, or support relating to Ireland’s institutions, please visit our website for contact details and information on how we can help.

If you believe you may have been a participant in a trial, you can request access to any personal data held about you by contacting:

[email protected]

Before submitting a request, please visit GSK’s Mother and Baby Home Information Service for further information about the trials and details of the information required to process your request:

https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/locations/ireland/gsk-mother-and-baby-home-information-service/

If you need support, Fréa Renewing Roots provides free and confidential advice on accessing and applying for records, as well as wider support relating to Ireland’s institutions.

Please visit our website for contact details and further information.

🎙️ Listen to the Special Advocate Podcast

We’re continuing to highlight the important work of the Special Advocate and the voices and experiences of survivors.

In this episode, Katie’s Voice, part of the Voices of Courage podcast, listeners are invited to hear another powerful story and learn more about the experiences of those affected by Ireland’s institutional past.

At Fréa Renewing Roots, we believe survivor voices must remain at the heart of these conversations, ensuring experiences are heard, acknowledged and never forgotten.

🎧 Listen to the episode on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1A0LzF2SCAmBc65StAc8Qc

For information and support around Ireland’s institutional legacy and redress schemes, you can also contact the Renewing Roots team.

For this week’s Renewing Roots vaccine trials information post, we’re looking at the Wellcome diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP) trial carried out in 1973.

Records show that the trial involved 30 participants across a number of institutions in Dublin, including Pelletstown/St Patrick’s, Madonna House Blackrock, Cottage Home Dún Laoghaire and Ms Smyly’s Bird’s Nest Home. One further institution could not be identified from the available records.

Vaccine and milk formula trials took place in a number of institutions in Ireland. If you believe you may have been involved in one of these trials, or would like further information, support and guidance are available through Fréa Renewing Roots.

You can find out more using the link in the description.

🎙️ Voices of Courage: Jude’s Voice

“Imagine you’re going through life.
You have no full identity.
And you can’t explain who you are.
Only the misinformation you have.
And you can’t confirm it or anything.

And you can imagine the thousands that went through life like that. Never finding out who their mother or father were.”

In this episode of Voices of Courage, we hear from Jude Hughes, a Dubliner, master tailor, anti racism pioneer and survivor of Ireland’s institutional system.

Born in a mother and baby home, Jude spent time in five institutions. He went on to build a remarkable life through sport, music and community activism, alongside decades of campaigning for equality.

This is a powerful conversation about identity, belonging and the lasting impact of Ireland’s institutional system, told through the experiences of one extraordinary man.

🎧 Listen to Jude’s episode here:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Q1oLJIAltrWniTvwk5bmD?si=drnnuxV7QayRzMIbYmRTRg&utm_source=copy-link

SurvivorVoice

📢 Do you believe you may have been involved in a trial while in an Irish Mother and Baby Home?

You can request access to any personal data that may be held about your participation by contacting:

📧 [email protected]

Before making a request, GSK advises reading its Mother and Baby Home Information Service guidance, which provides further information about the trials and the details needed to process a request:

🔗 https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/locations/ireland/gsk-mother-and-baby-home-information-service/

If you need help applying for records, or would like free and confidential support relating to Ireland’s institutions, the Fréa Renewing Roots team is here to help.

🔗 https://frea.org.uk/contact-renewing-roots

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