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Parliamentary Briefing, March 2026
Click here to download the Action Against ASGSF Changes parliamentary briefing, March 2026 Executive Summary Future of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) and Department for Education Proposals for Post-Adoption Support Reform March 2026 The situation On 10 February 2026, the Minister for Children and Families confirmed that the ASGSF will continue until Read more
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Guidance for Families Participating in the Adoption Support That Works for All Consultation
We recommend you read this really helpful guide to the consultation written by Adoption UK https://www.adoptionuk.org/pages/faqs/category/adoption-support-consultation We also recommend that you do not rush to respond to the consultation; it doesn’t close until 5th May. Responses can be submitted here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/adoption-support-that-works-for-all It might be helpful to take time to fully understand what is being proposed Read more
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The Future of the ASGSF
Our Response: Down, But Not Out Today the government set out its plans for adoption and kinship support beyond the current Spending Review period, alongside the launch of a 12-week consultation on post-adoption support in England, including the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund. What Has Actually Been Announced Stripped of spin, today’s announcement confirms Read more
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Glossy Ads Fail Children
We have written before about adopter recruitment advertising that has landed badly with adoptive families. It continues regardless. In October 2025, we received an email from a marketing and recruitment professional at a North East Regional Adoption Agency. They were frustrated. Campaigners from Action Against ASGSF Changes had been commenting on their adopter recruitment adverts Read more
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A System Built to Respond only to Crisis is a System Built to Fail.
Led by Adoption England, regional adoption agencies have built policies that allow access to vital, life changing and life saving therapeutic resources only when families are in the depths of crisis and on the verge of saying they can no longer carry on. Indeed they are so open about this policy that some have sent Read more
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What this campaign is, and is not
As we resume campaigning after the Christmas break, we have an opportunity to improve how our campaign aims are currently understood, both by those who support our work and by those who are still forming a view. Read more
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Language Matters
An argument for a shift in narrative around modern adoption Recent coverage of adoption has shone a light on a stark truth: as a country, we are still talking about adoption as if it were a fairytale ending, not a complex response to profound loss and trauma. The gap between the story and the reality Read more
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Statement on Community Care article: “45% rise since 2022 in number of children waiting for adoption, as adopter numbers plummet”
Community Care: 45% rise since 2022 in number of children waiting for adoption, as adopter numbers plummet. Yesterday’s Community Care article paints a bleak picture. A 45.5% rise in the number of children waiting to be adopted in England, and a 42.7% fall in the number of approved adopters. This is a crisis. Many explanations Read more
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Parent and Carer Survey Report, April 2025
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) Parent/Carer Survey – Assessing the impact on families following April 2025 Changes to the Fund Download the full report here. Download a summary of the report here. On 14th April 2025, following a prolonged period of uncertainty regarding the future of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund Read more
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Add Your Signature: An Open Letter to Josh MacAlister MP, Minister for Children and Families
Loading… 12 October 2025 Re: The urgent need to restore the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) Adoptive, kinship and special guardianship families across England continue to feel the significant impact of the cuts made to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund in April this year. The 60% reduction from £7,500 to £3,000 Read more
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A Welcome Message to the New Minister for Children and Families
Congratulations, Josh MacAlister MP, on your new role as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families. Minister, we hope you will meet with us so we can share the devastating impact of cuts to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (#ASGSF). As shown in our surveys, recently featured in the leading social work Read more
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Statement on the Announced Continuation of the ASGSF
We wanted to take some time yesterday to reflect on the announcement made by Janet Daby that the fund would continue for a further year. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/…/hcws908 We also wanted to absorb all that we had heard and seen as part of the debate in Westminster Hall. It was a powerful event. The funds extension for Read more
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Template Letter to MPs in Advance of September 4th Parliamentary Debate
Please copy and paste the text below, filling in your own details and those of your Member of Parliament. [Your name] [Your address] [Name of MP] Date Dear [MP], Regarding the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) I’m writing as a constituent to ask that you attend the parliamentary debate on Wednesday 4th September Read more
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Apology from Sarah Johal, National Adoption Strategic Lead
Dear Community, On 10th June 2025, as we shared at the time, Sarah Johal, National Adoption Strategic Lead (Adoption England) made contact with our campaign team. She did this in response to the open letter we wrote to Chancellor Rachel Reeves on 6th June 2025. Our letter referenced what we considered to be deeply offensive Read more
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New Joint Letter to the Secretary of State for Education
On 22nd July 2025, Adoption UK, Coram, Family Rights Group, CVAA, Kinship and Barnardos co-signed an open letter to the Secretary of State for Education, Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP calling for an urgent review of the changes made to the ASGSF, for confirmation of funding beyond March 2026, and for confirmation that any future Read more
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Parent/Carer Survey
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Provider’s Survey
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Add Your Signature: An Open Letter to Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP
10th August, 17:00: Signature count: 784 Open Letter to Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer Re: Urgent Action Needed on the Adoption & Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) Dear Chancellor Reeves, We write as adoptive and kinship parents and carers whose children’s early-life trauma deeply affects our children’s wellbeing and our family Read more
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Template Letter to Heads of Regional Adoption Agencies
Please copy and paste the text below, filling in your own details and those of your regional adoption agency where appropriate. Your name Your address Name of Head of Service Date Dear [Name of Head of Regional Adoption Agency], Regarding the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) On the 17th of April this year, Read more
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Video: Protest March, May 3rd 2025
