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The new chief executive of the British Association for Adoption and Fostering comments on the serious issues affecting the sector. Have you been watching Call the Midwife? Fortunately, in the … Adoption and fostering: ‘We must remain focused on difficult to place children’

Plans to allow would-be adopters to search videos and photos of children remain in limbo because security issues that emerged last year have yet to be resolved. Adoption activity days … Adoption reform delays continue due to security concerns

This  week (17 – 21 November) is Anti-Bullying Week, coordinated by the Anti-Bullying Alliance. This year the alliance is calling on the school community to take action to stop the … Anti-Bullying Week 2014

Local authorities and adoption agencies are facing a battle to prevent would-be adoptive parents leaving the process due to the steep drop in children being approved for adoption, experts in … Fears prospective adopters could quit over drop in placement orders

A high-profile scheme intended to increase adoptions by allowing would-be adopters to search videos and photos of children has been delayed due to security issues, CYP Now has learned The … Security concerns delay adoption video pilot

The Guardian reports on Devon Adoption and how they won local authority adoption team of the year The government’s reforms to adoption have been a challenge to many local authorities. The … Adoptive parents need to be supported to help their child grieve for the past

Martin Narey hopes the document will reassure social workers that the law on adoption has not changed following recent judgements Children are missing out on the chance to be adopted … Government publishes guide to bust adoption law myths and misconceptions

Children and Young People Now reports that The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has called for the free childcare offer to be extended to all one- and two-year-olds to improve … Extend free childcare to boost economy, says CBI

During adoption week, some children will be featured on This Morning on ITV1 Information about them will also be available on the BAAF website for a short period of time, with the opportunity to … Finding families for children

Since its launch in 1997, National Adoption Week has gone from strength to strength, reaching people across the UK wanting to know if they can adopt. This year’s National Adoption … National Adoption Week 3 – 9 November 2014

The British Association for Adoption and Fostering is launching a post-qualifying programme in adoption to plug the skills gap The British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) is setting up … Increasing demand for adoption experts prompts new social work course

Academics Brigid Featherstone and Paul Bywaters look deeper into recently published figures about looked after children. The Department for Education (DfE) published keystatistics last week on the care population, identifying … An ideological approach to adoption figures means we are missing important trends