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18,000 vulnerable children could lose 'vital' therapy as adoption fund faces axe

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Thousands of vulnerable children could lose access to “vital” therapy if the Government axes its adoption support scheme, The i Paper can reveal.The Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF), which provides therapy for more than 18,000 young people, is due to expire on Monday 31 March – with no guarantee from Labour that it will continue. The Department for Education (DfE) has promised to set out more details about its plans “as soo…

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18,000 vulnerable children could lose 'vital' therapy as adoption fund faces axe

Thousands of vulnerable children could lose access to “vital” therapy if the Government axes its adoption support scheme, The i Paper can reveal.The Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF), which provides therapy for more than 18,000 young people, is due to expire on Monday 31 March – with no guarantee from Labour that it will continue. The Department for Education (DfE) has promised to set out more details about its plans “as soo…

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Government announces £50m for adoption fund after concerns over delay - Jersey Evening Post

The Government has announced it will continue to fund therapeutic services for families of vulnerable and adopted children, as it allocated £50 million to the adoption and special guardian support fund (ASGSF). MPs from across the House criticised the Government for the delayed announcement, accusing it of leaving children who have experienced “the deepest trauma” in “limbo”. Education minister Janet Daby recognised it has been a “difficult time…

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Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund expires with no news on future

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) has expired today (31 March 2025), with no news on its future. The Department for Education said today that it would “set out more details on the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund as soon as possible”, while children’s minister Janet Daby reported that announcements on …

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A children’s mental health charity in Twickenham is trying to raise £50,000 to stay afloat.

Help The Purple Elephant Project provides therapy services to over 50 adopted children and their families. But The Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund the charity has previously had access to, has now expired. The Department for Education has promised to set out more details about its plans to bridge the funding gap “as soon as possible”. But Labour has made no guarantee that the funding will continue. The Purple Elephant Project says…

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Competing Article 8 rights to family life for siblings in a decision on adoption: O & G & L [2025] EWFC 21 (B)

Facts: The Local Authority’s application concerned three children: O (age 9), G (age 3) and L (age 1). M had two older children, T who was living independently in supported accommodation, and Ta who was living with her father. At the time of the Final Hearing all three children were in separate foster placements. This […] The post Competing Article 8 rights to family life for siblings in a decision on adoption: O & G & L [2025] EWFC 21 (B) appea…

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iNews broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Monday, March 31, 2025.
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