Welcome to the CCI UK and Ireland Chinese Adoptees group! 🇨🇳🇬🇧🇮🇪
Hi everyone - welcome to the new CCI UK and Ireland Adoptees group! We are so happy to have you and can't wait to start connecting with other Chinese adoptees based in the UK and Ireland.
This is a space for UK and Ireland-based adoptees to share news or discuss topics related to the UK, Ireland, China, adoption and so on. Plus, it will be CCI’s main channel for organising local, in-person meetups in 2021. 🥳
Please keep inviting your friends to join this group as we will be posting topics and news related to adoption, China, the UK and Ireland!
By joining, you are consenting to adhere to our Local Chapter Facebook Group Membership and Posting Policies here.
Previous Meetups
March 2020 - Manchester, UK
The first 'official' CCI x CACH-All Meetup in Manchester took place at the beginning of March. 6 adoptees went for some delicious dim sum at Tai Pan and then the pub for some conversation and drinks!
January 2020 - London, UK
Over 30 adoptees and adoptive parents celebrated the beginning of the Year of the Rat in London's Chinatown - our biggest meetup yet! We had adoptees attending from 11 years old up to 23 years old and some of us coming from as far away as Spain! ️ We feasted on delicious Chinese food at Dumpling's Legend, watched an art performance at China Exchange, and even lion dances in the street (blessing the restaurants and shops).
November 2019 - LONDON, UK
8 adoptees enjoyed Ice Skating at the picturesque Tower of London, conversation and drinks at the local ‘Spoons and later Sichuan food at My Old Place!
October 2019 - LONDON, UK
a meal at Baozi Inn and then adoptees and their parents watched ‘The Farewell’ at the cinema in London.
August 2019 - LONDON, UK
visiting ‘The Making in Chinatown’ exhibition at China Exchange, food at Cafe TPT and a drink in Leicester Square in London.
Have an idea for our next meetup or want to know when our next meetup is? Join our Facebook group.
Meet your CCI UK Coordinator: Hannah-Mei Grisley
Hello - my name is Hannah and I am the CCI Intern for Summer 2019. I was adopted at 9 months from Guangdong Province and grew up in the UK.
CCI UK Coordinator: Hannah-Mei Grisley
I have always had a fascination and interest in reacquainting myself with my birth country: from my childhood obsession with Adeline Yen-Mah and Mulan, to learning Mandarin at school. I have been lucky enough to return to China for a total of 4 times since my adoption, the first being a “homecoming” tour in 2007 with my family, and have visited my SWI twice. As a recent graduate in French, Mandarin and Business Management from the University of Birmingham (UK), I was able to study at Tsinghua University in Beijing and travel across China.
I have been involved with Chinese adoption organisations in the UK and discovered the CCI Facebook group as a result. Having lived in Hong Kong this past year, I am very thankful for CCI as it has helped me connect with fellow adoptees, and now good friends, in the Greater Bay Area. This is my first time working CCI and I am focusing on increasing awareness of CCI’s international presence and creating resources for adoptees who return to China.
QUESTIONS? E-mail chinachildreninternational@gmail.com.