Direct Award - Living Library of videos for Permanence Planning Web Based Tool

The contract will allow for professionally produced lived‑experience videos to be

created by Brickwall Films Ltd; this will help social workers understand how

permanence decisions shape individuals’ lives over time.

A core aim of the project is to promote more consistent practice across Local

Authorities, ensuring that decision‑making remains aligned with each child’s

long‑term needs relating to identity, contact, stability, and wellbeing. The tool

will be freely accessible for children’s service teams to support both training and

planning activities. The plan is to increase awareness of the lifelong impact of

adoption on adopted people, adopters, and birth families.