Adoption Government Psychotherapy 
Community Care
APRIL 14, 2025
The Department for Education (DfE) has made huge cuts in payments for families to resource therapy through the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF). ‘Further worry, uncertainty and delay’ The news sparked consternation across the adoption and kinship care sectors.
Community Care
APRIL 1, 2025
The Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) will continue in 2025-26, with 50m available to fund therapies and specialist assessments for children formerly in the care system. Funding beyond 2026 is subject to the government’s spending review, which will report this summer.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Community Care
MARCH 10, 2025
Thousands of vulnerable children risk losing access to vital therapy with the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) set to expire at the end of this month. ASGSF support ‘a lifeline’ They called on the government to confirm funding arrangements for the ASGSF urgently for April 2025 onwards.
Community Care
MARCH 31, 2025
The Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) has expired today (31 March 2025), with no news on its future. In 2023-24, 16,970 therapy applications were approved for services including creative and physical therapies, family therapy, psychotherapy, parent training and therapeutic life story work.
Community Care
JANUARY 10, 2023
The government has proposed changing the law to make it easier for adults to access adoption-related counselling. The Department for Education is consulting on removing the requirement for counsellors providing adoption-related therapy to adults to register with Ofsted as adoption support agencies.
Community Care
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
Sector bodies have voiced concerns about the future of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF), with the government having failed to confirm funding beyond March 2025. ” The concerns echo those voiced by the Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies (CVAA) in a report published in October last year.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
64 
Let's personalize your content