MANY readers will know that sometimes it can be hard to explain how much something means to you. Adopted people can often feel this way.

Adoption changes lives. However, unless you have been through it, like I have, it can be difficult to understand its impact.

When explaining to others, sometimes words just aren’t enough.

That’s why I have teamed up with the British Association for Adoption & Fostering (BAAF) to launch the UK’s first adoption film competition.

The competition is open to anyone with an adoption connection in local communities across the UK.

It is your chance to tell the world how adoption has changed your life. For more information, visit nationaladoptionweek.org.uk

Nicky Campbell, BBC presenter and BAAF patron, c/o British Association for Adoption & Fostering (BAAF), Kirby Street, London.