Rebecca Brooks, author of the Adoption Barometer, summarises this year's headlines in our latest blog. Read more
AUK’s response to yesterday’s Sunday Times article about adoption support. Read more
Making contact a positive part of our lives: a perspective on The Adoption Barometer 2022 Adopted person and adoption social worker Heather Liveston gives her personal perspective on the forthcoming Adoption Barometer. Read more
Robert Leitch fears that too many vulnerable children are at risk of not having their needs identified or met. Read more
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Adopter ‘Belfastmum’ on why it pays to be a squeaky wheel when it comes to your child’s education. Read more
It’s time to talk openly about CPV An adopter speaks up about her child’s violent behaviour, what helped, and why it’s so important to talk openly about CPV. Read more
With the UK celebrating Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee this weekend, we look back at the history of adoption from her accession to the throne in 1952 and over her past three major Jubilees. Read more
An adoption perspective on the children’s care review. Read more
Read our response to the Government's School's White Paper and SEND Green paper. We outline what we believe is missing from these proposals and what kinds of clarity we think is essential going forward to support care-experienced children. Read more
Read first hand accounts by adopted young people of a special evening to launch the Adoption Youth Councils for Wales and their brand new website. Read more
First the publication of the long-awaited NICE quality standards for England and Wales, then the launch of a major new report, The Time is Now, resulting from nine roundtables with over 60 participants including paediatricians, psychiatrists, GPs, commissioners, public health experts, researchers, and leaders from the third sector. Read more
The Strange and Curious Guide to Trauma is a book for children with stories, information, amusement and pictures. It may not sound or look like it, but it’s the most political (small ‘p’), of my books. Read more