Consultations

We engage with key stakeholders through formal consultations as well as through campaigning and lobbying.

April 2019 – Draft Domestic Abuse Bill: Adoption UK’s submits evidence to the Draft Domestic Abuse Bill Joint Committee

May 2018 - Exclusions Review - call for evidence: Adoption UK's response to the Department for Education commissioned review into school exclusions.

December 2017 - Adverse Childhood experiences: Adoption UK's response to the inquiry into Adverse Childhood Experiences.

June 2017 - Adoption UK’s response to the National fostering stocktake: a review of the fostering system in England.

December 2015 - Local area SEND consultation the inspection of local areas’ effectiveness in identifying and meeting the needs of disabled children and young people and those who have special educational needs.

July 2015 - NICE (The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) consultation on ‘Children’s Attachment; attachment in children and young people who are adopted from care, in care or at risk of going into care.’

See our response to the NICE consultation.

Latest

What governments should know about adoption

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.
Eleanor Haworth

Director of Service Delivery
Parent Partners - England

We are currently recruiting for a Parent Partners join the England team to work in the North Midlands and Mid West areas of England.
Care Inspectorate report contradicts adoptive families’ testimony on support

Adoption UK welcomes a Care Inspectorate report which shows 92% of adoption services in Scotland, relating to Care and Support, were evaluated as ‘good’ or better by inspectors, but the charity calls for more consistency across the nation.