News
Keep up with the latest developments in adoption and VAA news.
17th Apr 2025
Joint letter to Secretary of State on Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) cuts
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14th Apr 2025
CVAA response to Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund cuts
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01st Apr 2025
CVAA comment on Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund 2025-26 announcement
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16th Dec 2024
Big Adoption Day 2025 – VAA events across the UK
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16th Dec 2024
Voluntary adoption agencies across the UK join forces for Big Adoption Day 2025
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07th Nov 2024
CVAA response to final Public Law Working Group report on adoption – November 2024
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25th Oct 2024
Blog: National Adoption Week – looking at the data on VAAs and diversity
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21st Oct 2024
There’s no such thing as a ‘normal’ family, say 65 per cent of Brits – as National Adoption Week 2024 highlights adoption journeys of all kinds
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05th Sep 2024
CVAA welcomes new member Kibble Adoption
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23rd Jul 2024
National adoption drive launches amid rise in number of children needing a forever home
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04th Jul 2024
We Are Family Partners with Yorkshire Adoption Agency to Expand Support for Adoptive Families
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19th Jun 2024
Use our Manifesto for Adoption with your future MP
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18th Jun 2024
Adoption Focus Celebrates 15 Years of Changing Children’s Lives
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29th May 2024
Adoptee views on CVAA’s ‘My People’ vision
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21st May 2024
BBC Yorkshire highlights value of adopting children with additional needs
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16th May 2024
Adoption Matters launches new fostering service
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29th Apr 2024
CVAA launch week: influencing policy, practice and sector action.
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23rd Apr 2024
A strategy to value identity and connection
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23rd Apr 2024
CVAA launches new strategy to shape the future of adoption services
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22nd Apr 2024
CVAA Launches My People a vision for a new network and hub to support adopted children’s relationships with those that matter to them
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18th Apr 2024
CVAA Launches New Manifesto for Adoption
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15th Apr 2024
A strategy to support VAAs to tackle adopter and sector diversity
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11th Apr 2024
CVAA launches new advice guide for people considering adopting children with additional needs
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25th Mar 2024
Introducing our new strategy – why identity, inclusion and modernisation will be key to the future of adoption
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21st Mar 2024
30 Years of Action – A Brief History of CVAA
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04th Dec 2023
CVAA responds to the Public Law Working Group’s draft report on adoption
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23rd Nov 2023
CVAA Conference 2023: 21st Century Adoption- responding to children’s needs in the modern era
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26th Sep 2023
CVAA launches new advice guide for people considering adopting siblings
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13th Sep 2023
Closure of Adoption Service: Action for Children
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13th Sep 2023
New CVAA member: Family Routes
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13th Jul 2023
Closure of placement service: AdoptionPlus
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06th Jul 2023
Adoption Matters new fostering service
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19th Apr 2023
What’s the difference between a Voluntary Adoption Agency and a Regional Adoption Agency?
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06th Feb 2023
CVAA statement on the Children’s Social Care Implementation Strategy
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16th Jan 2023
Address the gaps in the care review – CVAA’s message to government ahead of its formal response
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14th Dec 2022
CVAA publishes independent analysis on the value adoption brings to children, families and wider society
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17th Oct 2022
National Adoption Week: Adopted people identify the significance of understanding and connecting with their pasts, through memory boxes
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15th Sep 2022
ARC Adoption North East launch ‘Better off together’ campaign
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13th Sep 2022
CATCH – a new name for PACT’s Adopter Hub
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19th Jul 2022
CVAA response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights Inquiry report: The Violation of Family Life: Adoption of Children of Unmarried Women 1949–1976
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29th Jun 2022
‘THESE CHILDREN MAY BE HARDER TO PLACE, BUT THEY ARE NOT HARDER TO LOVE’
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27th Jun 2022
Closure of adoption agency Families For Children
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11th Apr 2022
Voluntary adoption agencies collaborate to highlight choice for prospective adoptive parents
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31st Mar 2022
Inflationary increase in the interagency fee for 2022/23
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03rd Mar 2022
CVAA response to the government’s adoption funding announcement (03/03/2022)
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28th Feb 2022
The parallels between adoption and special guardianship
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11th Feb 2022
Three learnings about cultural humility this Race Equality Week
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18th Jan 2022
Adoption Focus announces partnership with Birmingham Children’s Trust
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17th Jan 2022
News on Adoption Search Reunion Website
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13th Jan 2022
CVAA response to the Care Review’s ‘Call for Ideas’
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18th Oct 2021
National Adoption Week 18th to 14th October 2021
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23rd Apr 2021
#YouCanAdopt campaign encourages people to consider adopting brothers and sisters
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22nd Mar 2021
These children are waiting – why are you?
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26th Jan 2021
What does the data tell us about the impact of Covid-19 on adoption?
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21st Jan 2021
What does CVAA hope to see from the Care Review?
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15th Jan 2021
VAAs look forward to finding more homes for children in 2021
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19th Oct 2020
Worrying About Birth Family
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15th Oct 2020
National Adoption Week 2020: Finding families for children who wait the longest
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12th Oct 2020
Black Lives Matter: Our pledge to tackle racism
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12th Oct 2020
CVAA announces new Chair of Trustees, Andrew Webb
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05th Oct 2020
#KinshipCareWeek 2020: Celebrating the kinship community
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29th Sep 2020
I See Me
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25th Sep 2020
10 Top Tips: Presenting a CVAA Webinar
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21st Sep 2020
Adopting Together: Imagine where you could take them
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16th Sep 2020
#YouCanAdopt: National campaign to find more adoptive families
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28th Jul 2020
What next for the Adoption Support Fund?
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09th Apr 2020
Charities respond to Chancellors announcement of £750 million fund
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27th Mar 2020
Thinking about adoption? VAAs are here for you.
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23rd Mar 2020
Responding to the coronavirus
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06th Mar 2020
10 Facts to Celebrate LGBT+ Adoption & Fostering Week
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21st Feb 2020
#CareDay20: Celebrating care-experienced people and #Reimagining the care system
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05th Feb 2020
Scottish Independent Care Review publishes final reports
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16th Jan 2020
Minister for Children and Families (England) strengthens new government’s commitment to children and adoption
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23rd Dec 2019
VAAs make 24% of placements in 2018/19
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22nd Dec 2019
CVAA welcomes announcement of further funding for adoption support and recruitment
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29th Nov 2019
#ChildrenAtTheHeart – 140+ organisations call on all political parties to put children and young people at the heart of this General Election.
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22nd Nov 2019
What do the parties’ 2019 general election manifestos have to say about adoption and permanence?
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11th Nov 2019
Children in care and care leavers’ charity Become publishes ‘A system that cares: A manifesto for care-experienced children and young people’
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04th Nov 2019
Practice Programme Recap: Assessing and Matching 30 Oct 2019, Coram, London
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25th Oct 2019
CVAA Member and Subscriber Benefits – Adoption in Media
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22nd Oct 2019
Charlotte Ramsden reflects on National Adoption Week
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18th Oct 2019
Video Message from Children and Families Minister Michelle Donelan
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17th Oct 2019
The Guardian: Adoption Support
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16th Oct 2019
Press release from the Department for Education: new government drive to find more adoptive parents
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16th Oct 2019
CVAA responds to the Secretary of State’s announcement in National Adoption Week
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15th Oct 2019
Research to be published on effective therapeutic intervention for older adopted children
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09th Oct 2019
Petra Jodlova joins CVAA as Practice Development Manager
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09th Oct 2019
Update: Facing New Frontiers: Access to Records in Post-Commencement Adoptions
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