As of late last week, Adoption UK has a clean sweep of ministers to work with at the Department for Education in Westminster... Read more
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The past six weeks have taught us more about adoption support than the previous year. It’s been a deeply uncomfortable experiment into what happens to adoptive families when social, medical and academic infrastructure is disrupted, family routines are upended, pressure on relationships goes up and respite goes down. Read more
The new year has started with a bang in adoption circles in England. Children’s Minister Michelle Donelan has written to every council in England directing them to prioritise adoption for children whose best interests are served by an adoption plan, and urging them to redouble their efforts to recruit more prospective adopters. Read more
#YouCanAdopt is the theme of this year’s National Adoption Week for England. With children waiting for adoptive homes outnumbering prospective adopters by more than 2:1, there’s an urgent need to encourage more adopters to come forward. So what should a potential adopter in the #YouCanAdopt blizzard of National Adoption Week be thinking about? Read more
Or at least it is for many adoptive parents. About a quarter of our children are diagnosed with or suspected to have FASD. Read more
Someone certainly should be. There aren’t enough prospective adopters coming forward, so children with adoption plans wait in care longer than they should. Read more
Earlier this summer, we published the first UK-wide assessment of modern adoption: the Adoption Barometer. the abiding message was that adopters are optimistic, resilient parents who find great joy and love in their children, despite dealing with the legacy of early childhood trauma on a daily basis. Read more
Two days before Christmas the DfE announced an extra £12 million for the Adoption Support Fund (ASF) in England. The cash injection tops up this year’s already maxed-out allowance, and takes next year’s fund to £40 million. This is a welcome... Read more
With the 2018 party conference season in full swing, we tweeted a question to adopters: ‘What is your No.1 priority for government?’ The responses were even more overwhelmingly clear than Labour members’ support for a final say on Brexit. Read more
Adoptive families are a passionate and outspoken lot about everything concerning adoption, but perhaps most of all about school. Read more
A year ago, I joined Adoption UK as chief executive. Beyond a doubt, the best part of the last 12 months has been the opportunities to meet adopters and hear your stories, which never fail to inspire and motivate me. Read more
There’s a hidden epidemic that affects at least 2 out of every 100 people in the UK. It’s more common than autism. Around three quarters of looked-after children are at risk. Read more