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Newsflash: Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) Fair Access Limit
Adopt South West is currently reviewing all existing ASGSF applications to ensure a positive resolution.
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) update, 1 April 2025
On Tuesday 1 April 2025, it was confirmed by the Department for Education that the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) will continue for the financial year of 2025/26. We have received information from Adoption England.
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) applications (awaiting decision)
We are unable to submit applications for funding for new periods or continuations of therapy into April 2025 until the Government has communicated the spending decisions.
LGBTQ+ Adoption and Fostering Week 2025
Today (Monday 3 March) marks the return of LGBTQ+ Adoption and Fostering Week. It’s the UK’s annual campaign to encourage more LGBTQ+ people to consider these routes to parenting and caring. Now in its thirteenth year, the week brings together adoption and fostering agencies with LGBTQ+ potential applicants. ‘Change Lives in ‘25’ focuses on the impact […]
Letterbox process review and update
Within Adopt South West, we are firmly of the belief that you as parents are the experts in your own families and you know and understand your children’s needs far better than any professional could ever hope to. As such, we feel that you are far better placed to receive the correspondence from birth families, read these and make the decision as to whether the letters are appropriate and will support your child’s well-being now or whether you will store them for the future. Adopt South West will therefore be changing the practice of reading correspondence before it is sent on to you as of the 1st April 2025.
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