Today we are publishing The POTATO Group’s full organisational response to the Department for Education’s consultation, Adoption Support that Works for All.It draws on our 2025 research, Far, Far Beyond the Adoption Order, alongside Department-commissioned evidence and the lived experience shared across our community.Our response sets out serious concerns about the direction of reform, particularly the risk that specialist therapeutic support is replaced by lower-cost universal provision that do

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By Euan Preston, Chair, The POTATO Group16 February 2026As chair of The POTATO Group, I have written an open letter to the Minister for Children and Families regarding the Adoption Support that Works ...

By Euan Preston, Chair, The POTATO Group16 February 2026As chair of The POTATO Group, I have written an open letter to the Minister for Children and Families regarding the Adoption Support that Works for All consultation and the future of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund. The full text is published below.Josh MacAlister MPMinister for Children and FamiliesDepartment for Education16th February 2026Open letter: Adoption Support that Works for All consultation and the future of th

The government has launched a consultation on the future of adoption and kinship support, setting out proposals that will shape what replaces the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund from 20...

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http://KEXP.ORG presents Angine de Poitrine performing live at ESMA in Rennes, France, during Trans Musicales 2025. Recorded December 04, 2025. Songs: Sarniezz 00:32 Mata Zyklek 06:10 Fabienk 13:09 Sherpa 20:33 Khn de Poitrine - Microtonal Guitars Klek de Poitrine - Drums Host: Morgan Audio Eng

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 form...

The Smiley Charity Film Awards is the world’s biggest campaign to promote cause-based films. Nearly half a million members of the public have voted in the…

On 2 December 2025, BBC File on Four released Adoption: The Blame Game, an investigation into lies, blame and systemic gaslighting within adoption in the UK. Presented by Judith Moritz, it drew on wha...

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Action Against ASGSF Changes says children's minister showed no willingness to engage with impact of Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund cuts

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12 October 2025 Re: The urgent need to restore the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) Adoptive, kinship and special guardianship families across England continue to feel the signif...

Congratulations, Josh MacAlister MP, on your new role as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families. Minister, we hope you will meet with us so we can share the devastating impact of cuts to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (#ASGSF). As shown in our surveys, recently featured in the leading social work […]

This year’s campaign showcases adoption journeys of all kinds, as well as the people who are there along the way – from foster carers and social workers to birth families and the adoption community. L...

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