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The Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies (CVAA) represents 30 agencies in the UK who, over the past 5 years, have placed almost 3000 children for adoption. The good news is that over 94% of those placements have been successful. CVAA believes that this reflects on the thorough assessment and preparation which voluntary agencies undertake with adopters, and most importantly on the lifelong support they provide to families.
"They are always there for us, and are supportive, professional and approachable", is typical of the feedback from many who have adopted through one of CVAA's member agencies.
However, such skilled and long term support is costly and CVAA welcomes 'A Home for Maisie' as a means of highlighting both the need for and the indisputably positive impact of adoption support.

Copies of Press Releases by CVAA and other organisations are listed below:-

December 2011

CVAA Press Release - December 2011 (.pdf)
A CVAA press statement in the light of the government's statement on 22nd December about their proposal to review and refine the adoption process.

May 2011

Major Article in The Times 9.5.2011. Part of their on-going campaign about adoption in 2011 (.pdf - 10MB)

April 2011

A Home for Maisie - 2011-April-8.pdf

Coram Harrow Report - April 2011.pdf

PACT Adoption and Fostering SROI Evaluation - 2011-April-11.pdf

November 2010

Times Articles & Letters 18.11.2010 (.pdf - 2.3MB)

Times Articles 17.11.2010 (.pdf - 8.2MB)

Shame in Adoption Failures (.pdf)

Adoption System Fails the Most Vulnerable (.pdf)

National Adoption Week 2010(.pdf)

February 2010

LGC - Childrens Services: Resourcing (.pdf)

Children & Young People Now - "Social care - Adoption agencies fight to survive"

Children & Young People Now - "Councils failing to use voluntary adoption agencies"

No Place Like Home (.pdf)

January 2010

Children kept in care to save adoption cost - The Observer

Partnerships between councils and charities...

Adoption providers and commissioners must break down barriers

Womans Hour - Listen to this article

November 2009

Voluntary agencies could speed up adoptions (.pdf)

February 2007

VAA Funding Announced