ASGSF_protest

A volunteer team of adopters & kinship guardians working together against cuts to ASGSF funding for therapeutic support & assessment.

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What our campaign is, and is not.

A statement about our aims, link here:

https://t.co/0BQfEF0MjR

[ASGSF_protest @ASGSF_Protest]

Read this important blog from
@AdoptionUK https://t.co/wlPxf1PwKF
Lords vote increases pressure on the government to address the issues with post adoption support and review the cuts to ASGSF funding.

We will continue to fight for the reversal of cuts to the ASGSF and for children and young people to be able to access the right level of specialist therapeutic support at the right time.

Thank you to you, our community, for marching with us, sharing your stories, signing open letters and petitions and completing our survey examining the impact of the cuts to the ASGSF.

More plans are afoot.

Together we are stronger.

#fundnoworpaylater #ACutTooFar #asgsf #carenotcuts

[ASGSF_protest @ASGSF_Protest]

A STAGGERING 2.6 MILLION PEOPLE have now seen this
@JoshMacAlister and public outrage is growing. What’s it going to take?

These unconscionable cuts to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child and even worse - these changes were introduced by the government without consultation, without warning and no evidence base

These shameful cuts must be reversed. You can support our fight here👇
https://t.co/hBEYEq6Dtf

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

🚨SHOCKING cuts to a vital lifeline - Adoption & Special Guardianship Support Fund - is having devastating consequences for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England

Cuts are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child

WE MUST FIGHT THIS!

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

This is not going away @JoshMacAlister

Now on 2.5 million views. What’s it going to take? 5 million? 10?

These unconscionable cuts to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child and even worse - these changes were introduced by the government without consultation, without warning and no evidence base

These shameful cuts must be reversed.

@ASGSF_Protest @GMB

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

This is not going away @JoshMacAlister

Now on 2.6 million views. What’s it going to take? 5 million? 10?

These unconscionable cuts to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child and even worse - these changes were introduced by the government without consultation, without warning and no evidence base

These shameful cuts must be reversed.

@ASGSF_Protest @GMB

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

This is not going away @JoshMacAlister

Now on 2.5 million views. What’s it going to take? 5 million? 10?

These unconscionable cuts to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child and even worse - these changes were introduced by the government without consultation, without warning and no evidence base

These shameful cuts must be reversed.

@ASGSF_Protest @GMB

[ASGSF_protest @ASGSF_Protest]

Josh MacAllister MP and the @educationgovuk are repeating the mistakes of 2025 and failing adopted and kinship children.

Where is a decision about the parameters for the adoption and special guardianship support fund for 2026/2027? Without one applications cannot be opened and the inevitable bottle neck of applications will build up.

The result, further harmful delays and gaps in vital specialist therapeutic support.

Preventable harm.

Harm caused by government failings that occur repeatedly and for which there are no excuse.

Where is the full and independent consultation process on the longer term future of the fund? Talked about by the Minister for Children and Families (Both Janet and Josh) and the DfE and almost a year on we are still none the wiser.

Time wasted.

Time that demonstrates a team that do not have the ability to adequately plan or prepare and do not prioritise the needs of some of the most vulnerable children in society. It is inexcusable.

The cuts to the per child limits within the fund MUST be reversed, they were made without consultation or evidence and the government has not adequately monitored the impact, not even close.
We have and the harm being done to children and families is intolerable.

Delaying consultation cannot mean a delay in reversing the cuts. Consultation should take place with the cuts reversed so that children do not come to further unnecessary harm while expert opinion is sought, the future is planned for and decisions are made.

Despite overwhelming evidence from the sectors charities, from experts and from children and families the government has continued on this harmful path.

There can be no excuse.

Our campaign will increase its activity and its pressure.

Our children deserve so much better.

@bphillipsonMP @RachelReevesMP

#fundnoworpaylater #ACutTooFar #asgsf #carenotcuts

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Lord Russell of Liverpool’s speech to Monday’s @UKHouseofLords Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill report debate.

Lord Russell has been a vocal advocate for the continuation and expansion of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund. He co-chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Adoption and Permanence (APPGAP) with @RachaelMaskell , and is a Governor of @Coram

Today is #BigAdoptionDay. As Lord Russell states in his speech, this year marks the centenary of the 1926 Adoption of Children Act in England and Wales. Our families are deeply grateful for his continued support.

Our campaign calls upon:

•⁠ ⁠Minister for Children and Families Josh MacAlister MP
•⁠ ⁠⁠Secretary of State for Education The Rt Hon @bphillipsonMP
•⁠ ⁠⁠Chancellor of the Exchequer The Rt Hon @RachelReevesMP

to reverse the cuts to this vital fund.

We call for an independent consultation into the future of therapeutic support for adopted and kinship children.

We call for policy changes to be made only when supported by evidence.

To our community:

Please keep writing to your MPs.
Please tag them in your and our posts.
Please write to Lord Russell to thank him for continuing to stand with our children and our families.

#ASGSF #FundNoworPayLater #CareNotCuts

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

These unconscionable cuts to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child and even worse - these changes were introduced by the government without consultation, without warning and no evidence base

These shameful cuts must be reversed.

@ASGSF_Protest @GMB

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

NOT GOING AWAY @JoshMacAlister.

NOW ON 2.5 MILLION VIEWS. What’s it going to take? 5 million? 10?

These unconscionable cuts by the government to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child

and even worse - these changes were introduced without consultation, without warning and no evidence base.

The government must change course on this
@ASGSF_Protest @GMB

[ASGSF_protest @ASGSF_Protest]

A STAGGERING 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE have now seen this
@JoshMacAlister and public outrage is growing. What’s it going to take?

These unconscionable cuts to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child and even worse - these changes were introduced by the government without consultation, without warning and no evidence base

These shameful cuts must be reversed. You can support our fight here👇

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

🚨SHOCKING cuts to a vital lifeline - Adoption & Special Guardianship Support Fund - is having devastating consequences for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England

Cuts are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child

WE MUST FIGHT THIS!

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

NOT GOING AWAY @JoshMacAlister.

NOW ON 2.5 MILLION VIEWS. What’s it going to take? 5 million? 10?

These unconscionable cuts by the government to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child

and even worse - these changes were introduced without consultation, without warning and no evidence base.

The government must change course on this
@ASGSF_Protest @GMB

[ASGSF_protest @ASGSF_Protest]

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A system built to respond only to crisis is a system built to fail @educationgovuk @bphillipsonMP @RachelReevesMP

Led by Adoption England, regional adoption agencies have built policies that allow access to vital, life changing and life saving therapeutic resources only when families are in the depths of crisis and on the verge of saying they can no longer carry on.

The post on our website (below) shows an email sent by a regional adoption agency to therapeutic providers and our response to it.

We want to hear what you think too.

Tell us what you think of the content of this email in the comments.

Send us the emails your RAAs have sent to you at [email protected]

This is a request to therapeutic providers as well as parents and carers.

Here’s the information:
https://t.co/zNTcLOR216

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

This is not going away @JoshMacAlister.

These unconscionable cuts by the government to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child

and even worse - these changes were introduced without consultation, without warning and no evidence base.

The government must change course on this
@ASGSF_Protest

[ASGSF_protest @ASGSF_Protest]

.

A system built to respond only to crisis is a system built to fail @educationgovuk @bphillipsonMP @RachelReevesMP

Led by Adoption England, regional adoption agencies have built policies that allow access to vital, life changing and life saving therapeutic resources only when families are in the depths of crisis and on the verge of saying they can no longer carry on.

The post on our website (below) shows an email sent by a regional adoption agency to therapeutic providers and our response to it.

We want to hear what you think too.

Tell us what you think of the content of this email in the comments.

Send us the emails your RAAs have sent to you at [email protected]

This is a request to therapeutic providers as well as parents and carers.

Here’s the information:
https://t.co/zNTcLOR216

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

This is not going away @JoshMacAlister. Now on 2.4 million views. What’s it going to take? 5 million? 10?

These unconscionable cuts by the government to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child

and even worse - these changes were introduced without consultation, without warning and no evidence base.

The government must change course on this
@ASGSF_Protest

[ASGSF_protest @ASGSF_Protest]

We’re starting off 2026 with thanks to award-winning journalist and author Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, @y_alibhai who joins our campaign asking government to reverse all cuts to the #ASGSF.

Some of the most vulnerable children and young adults in this country are being failed by this Labour government.

Despite pleas, data and evidence from the sector, families (including our campaign group) and the experts telling them to reverse all cuts now, they have refused to reverse these cuts. This is harmful and cruel, not only for children and their families but for wider society.

Join us in our call to government, follow us here, tag @RachelReevesMP and @bphillipsonMP and sign the open letter to Josh MacAllister, the Minister for Children and Families. Link below:

https://t.co/qtH3UmBNFA

Thank you.

[ASGSF_protest @ASGSF_Protest]

What our campaign is, and is not.

A statement about our aims, link here:

https://t.co/0BQfEF0MjR

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

This is not going away @JoshMacAlister. Now on 2.4 million views. What’s it going to take? 5 million? 10?

These unconscionable cuts by the government to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child

and even worse - these changes were introduced without consultation, without warning and no evidence base.

The government must change course on this
@ASGSF_Protest