Today we've published our organisational response to the Department for Education's Adoption support that works for all consultation.
The response draws heavily on our research. Thanks again to all who participated and to those who led and contributed to it's publication.
Today we have published an open letter to The Minster for Children and Families setting out concerns relating to the Adoption Support that Works for All consultation.
The DfE’s own research documents high levels of trauma, neurodevelopmental difference and clinical need among adopted and kinship children. Our open letter to the Minister asks how the proposed reforms align with the data. Policy must follow evidence. www.thepotatogroup.org.uk/post/open-le...
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
DfE consultation launched on the future of post-adoption support. ASGSF funding confirmed to 2028, with proposals that point to its replacement.
www.thepotatogroup.org.uk/post/adoptio...
Very grateful to the Adopters Anonymous podcast for inviting Lisa Mainwaring, Clare Solomons and me on to discuss the ASGSF campaign and the future of post-adoption support. open.spotify.com/epi...
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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 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
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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 ...
