Debate Regarding The Future Of The Adoption Support Fund 

Debate Regarding The Future Of The Adoption Support Fund

Thursday 13th February saw the debate in the House of Lords focus on the All Party Parliamentary Group for Adoption and Permanence’s report ‘Investing in families: the Adoption Support Fund beyond 2020’.  The debate was proposed by Lord Russell of Liverpool, who had an interest in the debate as governor of the Thomas Coram Foundation for Children.  The […]

Calls For Adoption To Be Prioritised And Policies Reviewed

calls to prioritise adoption

Education secretary Gavin Williamson has urged councils to prioritise finding vulnerable young people a stable, loving home. Calling on council to not ‘shy away from putting children forward for adoption’, Williamson has asked them to review their practices following the drop in numbers of assessments that would recommend a vulnerable child be adopted. As well […]

 Discrimination In Adoption

Landmark case for discrimination in adoption cases

Sandeep and Reena Mander have recently won their case for discrimination by a local council, after they had been told ‘not to bother applying’ for adoption due to their Indian heritage.  In 2016, Mr and Mrs Mander had turned to Adopt in Berkshire after spending almost 7 years at various unsuccessful attempts at IVF.    After attending an introductory seminar […]

Adoption Rates Falling Whilst Number Of Children Looked After Increases

Figures released by the Department of Education have released worrying results regarding the number of children looked after (CLA) as well as the rates of adoption in the UK in 2019.  Since 1994 there has been an increasing trend of the number of CLA, rising 4% in the last year alone.  On the 31st March 2019 there was a record number of CLA, a total […]