Category: Statements
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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