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2023

Blended Families: Adoption from the Birth Child’s Perspective

News

Keep up with the latest developments in adoption and VAA news.

CVAA Conference 2023: 21st Century Adoption- responding to children’s needs in the modern era

CVAA launches new advice guide for people considering adopting siblings

Closure of Adoption Service: Action for Children

New CVAA member: Family Routes

Closure of placement service: AdoptionPlus

Adoption Matters new fostering service

What’s the difference between a Voluntary Adoption Agency and a Regional Adoption Agency?

CVAA statement on the Children’s Social Care Implementation Strategy

Address the gaps in the care review – CVAA’s message to government ahead of its formal response

CVAA publishes independent analysis on the value adoption brings to children, families and wider society

National Adoption Week: Adopted people identify the significance of understanding and connecting with their pasts, through memory boxes

ARC Adoption North East launch ‘Better off together’ campaign

CATCH – a new name for PACT’s Adopter Hub

CVAA response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights Inquiry report: The Violation of Family Life: Adoption of Children of Unmarried Women 1949–1976

‘THESE CHILDREN MAY BE HARDER TO PLACE, BUT THEY ARE NOT HARDER TO LOVE’

Closure of adoption agency Families For Children

Voluntary adoption agencies collaborate to highlight choice for prospective adoptive parents

Inflationary increase in the interagency fee for 2022/23

CVAA response to the government’s adoption funding announcement (03/03/2022)

The parallels between adoption and special guardianship

Three learnings about cultural humility this Race Equality Week

Adoption Focus announces partnership with Birmingham Children’s Trust

News on Adoption Search Reunion Website

CVAA response to the Care Review’s ‘Call for Ideas’

National Adoption Week 18th to 14th October 2021

#YouCanAdopt campaign encourages people to consider adopting brothers and sisters

These children are waiting – why are you?

What does the data tell us about the impact of Covid-19 on adoption?

What does CVAA hope to see from the Care Review?

VAAs look forward to finding more homes for children in 2021

Worrying About Birth Family

National Adoption Week 2020: Finding families for children who wait the longest

Black Lives Matter: Our pledge to tackle racism

CVAA announces new Chair of Trustees, Andrew Webb

#KinshipCareWeek 2020: Celebrating the kinship community

I See Me

10 Top Tips: Presenting a CVAA Webinar

Adopting Together: Imagine where you could take them

#YouCanAdopt: National campaign to find more adoptive families

What next for the Adoption Support Fund?

Charities respond to Chancellors announcement of £750 million fund

Thinking about adoption? VAAs are here for you.

Responding to the coronavirus

10 Facts to Celebrate LGBT+ Adoption & Fostering Week

#CareDay20: Celebrating care-experienced people and #Reimagining the care system

Scottish Independent Care Review publishes final reports

Minister for Children and Families (England) strengthens new government’s commitment to children and adoption

VAAs make 24% of placements in 2018/19

CVAA welcomes announcement of further funding for adoption support and recruitment

#ChildrenAtTheHeart – 140+ organisations call on all political parties to put children and young people at the heart of this General Election.

What do the parties’ 2019 general election manifestos have to say about adoption and permanence?

Children in care and care leavers’ charity Become publishes ‘A system that cares: A manifesto for care-experienced children and young people’

Practice Programme Recap: Assessing and Matching 30 Oct 2019, Coram, London

CVAA Member and Subscriber Benefits – Adoption in Media

Charlotte Ramsden reflects on National Adoption Week

Video Message from Children and Families Minister Michelle Donelan

The Guardian: Adoption Support

Press release from the Department for Education: new government drive to find more adoptive parents

CVAA responds to the Secretary of State’s announcement in National Adoption Week

Research to be published on effective therapeutic intervention for older adopted children

Petra Jodlova joins CVAA as Practice Development Manager

Update: Facing New Frontiers: Access to Records in Post-Commencement Adoptions