In October 2016, after receiving more than double the applications they had anticipated, a fair access limit was introduced by the Adoption Support Fund (ASF). I think it is fair…...
Well, the latest craze has well and truly landed hasn’t it! Introducing ‘Pokémon Go’. In my work I have spoken with a number of parents recently about the children and…...
From 1st April 2016 the eligibility criteria for who can access the Adoption Support Fund has been extended to include: young people who are cared for under special guardianship orders…...
Historically, gaining access to specialist therapy for young people who have been adopted had been a huge battle for adoptive parents. Often their children’s difficulties are not recognised by Child…...
The Government’s proposals for reforming adoption aim to tackle the key problems with the adoption process, particularly the time taken for children to be adopted. In 2012, children waited an…...
Next week is BAAF’s National Adoption Week. Here’s the lowdown. Since its launch in 1997, National Adoption Week has gone from strength to strength, reaching people across the UK wanting…...
Hi Everyone! I hope you’re all doing ok and thank you for finding the time to visit in amongst the competing pulls of the gorgeous sunny whether and the demands…...
The Guardian’s “Comment is Free” Section recently published What’s in a name? a short piece by Fraser McAlpine giving his views, as an independent adoption panel member and advocate for adoption,…...
Hi all. Hopefully you’ve all been making the most of the sunny weather and maybe even dusted the cobwebs off the barbecue. We’ve got an exciting week coming up behind…...
Hi all. PAFCA has been live for just one week now and membership numbers have grown day by day, much more quickly than I thought they would, which is fantastic…...
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