Consultations

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

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

Politicians call for protection of vital adoption support

A cross-party group of MPs and Peers, launched this week, will push for change to ensure adoptive children and families receive the support they need.
Adoption UK wants to hear your views on modern-day adoption

Adoption UK is conducting a survey into adoption in the 21st Century so wants to hear the views of adoptive parents and prospective adopters.
Please don’t label my lad as ‘bad’

I’ll never forget the panic that engulfed me - just days after starting work as a secondary school teacher - when one of my Year 8 pupils, suddenly climbed out of the classroom window mid-lesson, and scarpered off across the field.
Treasurer

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