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Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies. UK-wide membership and policy charity. Our members change the world for adopted children & their families every day. cvaa.org.uk
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🎄 Christmas has come early at CVAA! 🎄
As a festive thank-you to everyone who joined our Practice Programme this year, enjoy 25% off all CVAA training sessions up to March 2026.

✨ Use code XMAS25 at checkout
🎁 Offer ends Wednesday 31st Dec 2025

Explore sessions: bit.ly/45Jh3NQ
🎄 Christmas has come early at CVAA! 🎄
As a festive thank-you to everyone who joined our Practice Programme this year, enjoy 25% off all CVAA training sessions up to March 2026.

✨ Use code XMAS25 at checkout
🎁 Offer ends Wednesday 31st Dec 2025

Explore sessions: bit.ly/45Jh3NQ
December 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🚨 Last CVAA training of the year! 🚨
The Power of Perspective: Mentalization Tools for Adoption Matching
📅 11 Dec, 10:00–13:30 | 🎓 3.5 CPD | 💻 Online
With Dr Polly Cowan & Dr Alice Loving
£49 CVAA members, £59 CVAA Subscribers & £79 Non-members

👉 Book now: bit.ly/448C6JB
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
CVAA's November Training Sessions!

Nov 18: Free Short & Smart – Supporting Families with Disability Benefits
Nov 20: Intro to Theraplay: Healing Through Connection & Play
Nov 25: Blocked Care – Supporting Discouraged Adoptive Parents

✨ Book your spot today! bit.ly/45Jh3NQ
November 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This #NationalAdoptionWeek, we’re backing the call for honest, open conversations about adoption—no “perfect” home required. In a tough year for adopters, dialogue matters more than ever. 💬💛

👉 Learn more about the campaign and events happening this week here: www.youcanadopt.co.uk/national-ado...
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October 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
📣For a limited time we are offering 10% off this expert-led training on FASD only!

Just use code FASD10 when booking online via the link below 👇
#Adoption #Socialworkers #SocialCare #FASD #Adoptiveparents #Children
🍂 New Half-Day Training!

CVAA online: What Social Workers Need to Know When Assessing & Supporting Adoptive Parents with Children Affected by FASD – Told Through the Eyes of an Adopter

🗓 15 Oct 2025 | ⏰ 10:00–13:30 | 🎓 3.5 CPD hrs
💻 Online | with Joy Hopgood-Gravett

👉 Book now: bit.ly/48zeRvc
October 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🍂 New Half-Day Training!

CVAA online: What Social Workers Need to Know When Assessing & Supporting Adoptive Parents with Children Affected by FASD – Told Through the Eyes of an Adopter

🗓 15 Oct 2025 | ⏰ 10:00–13:30 | 🎓 3.5 CPD hrs
💻 Online | with Joy Hopgood-Gravett

👉 Book now: bit.ly/48zeRvc
September 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
✨ It’s that time of year again! ✨
CVAA’s 2026–27 Practice Programme 3 min questionnaire is now open – and we want your input!
We’d love to hear:

🔹 Your experience this past year
🔹 Topics/experts you’d like to see
🔹 If your agency could run a session

📅 Closes end of Nov
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CVAA's Practice Programme 2026-27 Questionnaire (3 mins)
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September 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Great to join @adoptionuk.bsky.social at the 2025 Barometer launch yesterday. Valuable insights from Josh MacAlister MP who pledged to champion adopted children & families. Challenges still remain but CVAA looks forward to future discussions with the Minister to shape the future of adoption support.
September 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The latest @adoptionuk.bsky.social #AdoptionBarometer is out. www.adoptionuk.org/the-adoption...

More than half of families with teens & young adults are facing severe challenges.

We back the recommendations esp. calls for permanent funding for therapeutic support, as part of a lifelong approach
Adoption Barometer
The Adoption Barometer is the only UK-wide comprehensive stock-take of adoption. It's based on the findings of a large annual survey. It provides powerful evidence of the realities of adopting and bei...
www.adoptionuk.org
September 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🍂 This Oct, CVAA brings 3 expert-led online trainings (all half-day):
👩‍👦 Keeping Birth Parents in mind throughout the Adoption Journey – 8 Oct
🧩 FASD & SW Practice – 15 Oct
🧒 Recruitment & Therapeutic Placement Strategy for children waiting the longest – 23 Oct

👉 Info & booking: bit.ly/45Jh3NQ
September 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🚨 New 3x 1-hr online Short & Smart sessions for #Adoption Panel Chairs, Members & Advisors.

Focused learning on questioning, influences & health issues in panel practice 💷 £25 per session | ⏱️ 1hr | 🎟️ 50 places only 📅 Dates 30th Sept, 16th Oct, 10th Dec bit.ly/45Jh3NQ
#Adoptionpanel #Adoptionsupport
August 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Adoption professionals: We know #ASGSF changes hasn't just cut support—they’ve forced many to adapt quickly to evolving therapeutic needs of adoptive families. Join ‪@sussex.ac.uk‬ & @worcesteruni.bsky.social‬ focus groups or 121 interviews to shape future funding
👉 bit.ly/47buKHN
The Impact of Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) on Adoption Services and Therapeutic Services: Research Study
We appreciate that the government’s decision to reduce ASGSF funding has been a difficult one, affecting how services are responding to the needs of children and families in need of therapeutic suppor...
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August 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
🚨 Parents/carers affected by #ASGSF delays/cuts: Have your say! 🚨

📋 Fill out a 5–10 min survey to share how changes have impacted your family.

📅 Deadline: Mon 29 Aug
🕒 Early responses needed!

📢 Amplify adoptive families voices to show the impact of cuts and shape the Fund’s future: bit.ly/46LBrA0
ASGSF Parent Carer Impact Survey (Post-April 2025 Changes)
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August 7, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Parliament started summer recess this week, and that means no #ASGSF decision until September.

Here's our blog about it 👇
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We need 1. A full & proper consultation prior to any decisions about future reform & 2. An adoption support model with fair access for all children
Blog: A devolved ASGSF risks loss of fairness and transparency for children – Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies
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July 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
"A charity coalition is calling for an urgent review of the government’s “abrupt and short-sighted” cuts to adoption support, which they claim is a breach of a Labour manifesto commitment to support adoptees" www.cypnow.co.uk/content/news...
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Charities call for urgent review of adoption support funding - CYP Now
A charity coalition is calling for an urgent review of the government’s “abrupt and short-sighted” cuts to adoption support, which they claim is a breach of a Labour manifesto commitment to support ad...
www.cypnow.co.uk
July 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Today CVAA & @adoptionuk.bsky.social @wearecoram.bsky.social @kinshipcharity.bsky.social @barnardos.org.uk @familyrightsgp.bsky.social wrote to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social calling for an urgent review of the April #ASGSF changes, confirmation of funding in 2026 & full consultation on future reforms
July 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🚨Want to explore why maintaining relationships in adoption matters for identity & life history?
Join our HALF DAY training session on Maintaining Relationships in Adoption: Why Does Adoption Need to Change & How Can We Achieve This?
19th August | 10am–1:30pm | With Ruth Copson (UEA)
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Maintaining relationships’ in adoption: why does adoption need to change and how can we achieve this? – Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies
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July 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
CVAA data shows most of our member adoption agencies exceed the 27% voluntary sector average of applications from the #LGBTQ+ community 🏳️‍🌈 Their inclusive and respectful services are making a real impact — with Adoption Matters leading the way in the North! 🙌 #Adoption
#AdoptionMatters welcomes enquiries from the LGBTQ+ community this week and every week 🥰

🌈 Read all about LGBTQ+ #adoption here: buff.ly/CkpWj6I

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#YouCanAdopt #AdopterChoice #LGBTQ+
July 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The first report from the #FamilyRoutes study is out:
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There's much to be taken from this - esp. the recommendation for thorough assessments of need pre-Order & informed advice about the implications of children's needs in the longer-term #adoption
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July 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
An important new report with stark findings about the daily lived experiences of adoptive families navigating teenage years @thepotatogroup.bsky.social . Calls for a more trauma responsive approach to #adoptionsupport must be factored into govt's current consideration of the future of the #ASGSF
Published today: Our research report, Far, Far Beyond the Adoption Order: Lessons from lives Impacted by Trauma.

Based on the experiences of 438 adoptive families, it reveals long-term impact of early trauma and urgent need for better support.

Read here:
www.thepotatogroup.o...
June 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
🚨 HALF DAY Practice Webinar – Book Now! 🚨
Topic: Assessing & Supporting Single Adopters
🗓 Thurs 17 July | 🕙 10am–1:30pm
🎓 With Mahongo Shibemba & Penny Rowntree (Adopters for Adoption)
🔍 Explore research, good practice & practitioner insights on single adopters.
👉 Book here: bit.ly/44j4Ezo
Assessing and supporting single adopters – learning from research and good practice – Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies
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June 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Its #SmallCharityWeek, an opportunity to celebrate the contribution that charities make to #Communities in the UK. Take a look at how to get involved and the free events taking place throughout the week below:
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Event listing | Small Charity Week
This is an events listing page for small organisations to share their local Small Charity Week events.
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June 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🚨 Back by popular demand! 🚨
Join our HALF DAY Practice Workshop:
"Working with Traumatised Adopted Children & Calming the ANS"

🗓 Wed 25 June | 🕙 10am–1pm
🎓 Led by Jay Vaughan, CEO, Family Futures CIC

Support traumatised children and yourself as a professional.
👉 Book now: bit.ly/4e2fVIH
Working with Traumatised Adopted Children and Adults and Calming the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) (Repeat Session due to High Demand) – Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies
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June 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📣Today VAAs from across the UK have launched the third ‘advice from adopters’ guide, focusing on advice from those who have adopted children from Black and other diverse ethnicities.

📘 Read the new guide below + explore our other guides in the series here: bit.ly/3ZrSwum
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June 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🎉 Huge congrats to YAA on its new community engagement project tackling adoption disparities! 👏 Led by Skye, YAA’s first Community In-Reach Worker, who is supporting Black African & Caribbean families. Hear her talk all about the new project on @BBCSheffield 🎧👇
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yTb...
Skye at YAA talks adoption with Sile Sibanda BBC Radio Sheffield 23rd May 2025
YouTube video by Yorkshire Adoption Agency
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June 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM