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Current Press Releases
Download the latest press releases on a range of issues relating to adoption, and find media statements covering overseas adoption and eligibility to adopt.
Latest press release:
03.05.13 - Adoption UK response to new adoption Passport to Support
Visit the First4Adoption website to find out more about the Adoption Passport
Follow up documents from DfE:
New ‘Passport to Support’ for adopters
Consultation on Adoption and Fostering: tackling delay - Government response
Post adoption support: A rapid response survey of local authorities in England
2013 press releases:
06.03.13 - Letter to the Editor (Guardian Newspaper) - Lords Committee on adoption legislation
05.03.13 - Adoption UK’s response to Government announcement on under occupancy charge
24.01.03 - Adoption UK response to Government announcement on funding for adoption
2012 press releases:
24.12.12 - Adoption UK welcomes adoption support packages but fears lack of resources may slow progress
27.11.12 - Adoption UK's response to Ofsted's adoption statistics13.11.12 - Adoption UK thrilled at Government plans to give adopters equal rights
09.11.12 - Adoption UK to run National Gateway with Coram and CCLC
08.11.12 - Adoption report released as leading players announce partnership
01.11.12 - Letter to the Editor (Guardian Newspaper)
18.10.2012 - Adoption UK’s response to High Court’s ruling on gay and unmarried couples adopting in Northern Ireland
16.10.2012 - Mother and daughter step up for adoption
25.09.12 - Adoption UK statement on 2012 Adoption Figures
20.09.12 - National charities urge walkers to step up for scenic hike along new coastal route
07.08.12 - Adoption UK statement on new ONS adoption
31.07.12 - Adoption UK announces appointment of Hugh Thornbery as CEO
06.07.12 - Adoption UK statement on Fostering for Adoption initiative
27.06.12 - Adoption system failing to support families, according to report
17.05.12 - Jonathan Pearce, Chief Executive, to leave Adoption UK
03.04.12 - Adoption UK Statement on Ofsted report
03.04.12 - New Short Film gives life to adoption support services
14.03.12 - Adoption UK statement on Government's Adoption Action Plan
09.03.12 - Adoption UK statement on PM's adoption announcement
23.02.12 - Adoption UK statement on Secretary of State's adoption announcement
Previous 2011 press releases:
22.12.11 - Adoption UK statement on Government plans to overhaul adoption assessment
02.11.11 - Adoption UK Statement on giving adopted children priority in school admissions
31.10.11 - Adoption UK statement on Prime Minister’s National Adoption Week campaign
28.10.11 - Charity highlights 40th anniversary demands during National Adoption Week
26.10.11 - Children's Commissioner speaks out for adoptive families in Wales
26.10.11 - Tom Elliot MLA speaks out for adoptive families N.I
29.09.11 - Adoption UK Statement on 2011 Adoption Figures
30.08.11 - Adoption UK response to The Times article: Hostility to adoption is ‘letting children down’
05.07.11 - Adoption UK response to the Narey report on Adoption
29.06.11 - Call to end discrimination in adoption entitlement reaches Parliament
Accompanying document:
Letter Template - Gaining support for the Private Members Bill on Adoption Pay and Leave
08.06.11 - Adoption UK says Ofsted "could do better"
12.04.11 - Adoption UK Letter to the editors of national newspapers re. " A Home for Maisie"
Accompanying reports:
PACT Domestic Adoption & Fostering SROI Evaluation
Coram Harrow Report - April 2011
08.04.11 - A Home for Maisie: Joint Media Statement from the adoption sector
22.02.11 - Adoption UK Statement on relaunch of national adoption guidelines
17.02.11 - Adoption UK’s response to Welsh Assembly Government’s adoption announcement
28.01.11 - Adoption UK response to Barnardo's "There is no room for prejudice ... " story
19.01.11 - Adoption agencies failing children in care, warns leading charity
Accompanying report:
Waiting to be parents - adopters' experiences of being recruited - Jan 2011