How Adoption Is Changing In The UK With Maggie Jones CEO

Maggie joined the Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies in November 2018. Previously, she was Chief Executive of Foundation, an organisation dedicated to ending social exclusion which works with over 4000 of the most disadvantaged adults, young people and families across the North of England, providing resources and opportunities for everyone to achieve and belong no matter their personal circumstances.

Before Foundation, Maggie was Chief Executive of Children England, the umbrella body for children’s charities. She has over 25 years’ experience within the statutory and voluntary sectors, including as Assistant Programme Director for England at Save the Children, where she led work on children’s rights and participation; establishing the Leeds Health For All (Healthy City) Partnership to tackle poverty, environmental and health inequalities; and working for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation where she led research and practice development work on governance, children and young people’s services and the future of the voluntary sector.

Maggie is Vice Chair of the National Lottery Community Fund’s England Committee and is Chair of the Youth Association; Growing Yorkshire’s Future.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/maggie-jones-341ab616/

CVAA is first and foremost a membership organisation. Their membership is made up of 27 voluntary adoption agencies (VAAs) across the four nations of the UK, along with 2 associate members (adoption support agencies) and a number of subscribers.

They represent our members and advocate for them in national forums. They bring member agencies together to collaborate, and we support them to work in partnership with local authorities (LAs) and regional adoption agencies (RAAs). They draw on our members’ vast experience of adoption to facilitate the sharing of best practice across the adoption system. They create space for professionals in the voluntary adoption sector to network and learn from one another.

Here are the links that Maggie refers to in the interview:

www.youcanadopt.co.uk here you can find contact details for all adoption agencies in England, and they can help with access to the Adoption Support Fund

www.cvaa.org.uk for details of Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish voluntary adoption agencies, as well as English ones

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/adoption-support-fund-asf for details about the fund, eligibility and evaluation reports

https://childrenssocialcare.independent-review.uk/ site for the Care review taking place in England. There will be opportunities to comment on papers and feed into discussions as the review progresses

ASGLB: https://coram-i.org.uk/asglb/ this is the site for the Adoption and Special Guardian leadership Board, which brings together all the national organistions with an interest in adoption. They have  reference groups of adopters and special guardians.

https://appgap.info/strengthening-families-inquiry. This is the link for the current enquiry into aspects of adoption being undertaken by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Adoption and Permanence.

https://twitter.com/CVAA_UK

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