‘Today has been life changing’. Evie adoptive Mum to child with FASD. ‘I feel 10 times taller.’ Dave, adoptive Dad to child with FASD. Read more
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‘Today has been life changing’. Evie adoptive Mum to child with FASD. ‘I feel 10 times taller.’ Dave, adoptive Dad to child with FASD.Read more
Adoption UK has responded to a call for evidence on school exclusions, commissioned by Education Minister Damian Hinds MP.Read more
Adoption UK's chief executive, Dr Sue Armstrong Brown, appeared on the BBC's The One Show to discuss adopting children with disabilities. The feature began by sharing the story of single adopter to four children, Ben Carpenter.Read more
Adoption UK is conducting a survey on ‘well-being in school’ to improve our understanding of adoptive families’ needs and to help inform the next phase of our campaigning on educationRead more
Labour MP Toby Perkins has urged the Government to commission, or support, much more detailed studies of child to parent violence (CPV) among adoptive families.Read more
Adoption UK will be responding to a government proposal for transforming children and young people’s mental health provision in England and Wales and invites members to contribute to its response.Read more
The Department for Education published a report this week about the fostering system in England, based on a stocktake that was launched in April 2017, led by government adviser Sir Martin Narey and children's social worker Mark Owers.Read more
A month after the Prime Minister’s cabinet reshuffle, Nadhim Zahawi MP has been officially announced as the new Children’s Minister.Read more
Adoption UK is delighted to announce that adoptee, author and BMX superstar John Buultjens has become the charity’s latest ambassador.Read more
Adoption UK has responded to a parliamentary committee inquiry into Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) by highlighting a need for better evidence to inform support for adopted children.Read more
Adoption UK’s sell-out annual conference Attachment and Trauma in the Classroom has been hailed by those adoptive parents who attended, as the charity’s “best yet”.Read more
Adoption UK has helped to secure an additional one million pounds of adoption support funding for families in England.Read more
A survey of adoptive parents has found their children are around 20 times more likely to be permanently excluded from school than their classmates, Adoption UK can reveal.Read more
Adoption UK is saddened, but not surprised, to learn that fewer looked-after children were adopted in England in 2017, than in the previous year – for the second consecutive year.Read more
More than a quarter of adopted families are ‘in crisis’, according to a new survey from the BBC and charity Adoption UK.Read more