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Supporting kids with Send is expensive. But the cost of not doing so is far greater | Carrie Grant Education, health and care plans have been invaluable for my children. Hints they could be scrapped fill me with fear, says TV presenter Carrie Grant

Carrie Grant in The Guardian: Supporting kids with Send is expensive. But the cost of not doing so is far greater. We agree. www.theguardian.com/commenti...

17.08.2025 07:00 — 👍 10    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 2

The British pediatrician D. W. Winnicott once wrote, “There’s no such thing as a baby. There is a baby and someone.”

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09.08.2025 12:38 — 👍 6987    🔁 982    💬 283    📌 133

Thank you for your support with this

07.08.2025 17:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund helps give many children the best second chance at life, allowing them to re-learn how to trust adults. Cutting individual grants not only delays but harms that process.

07.08.2025 16:07 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

The @educationgovuk must give parents and carers certainty by announcing the future of the ASGSF by September. If they want help finding more money, halving their advertising and consultancy budget would grow the fund by 50% from £50m to £75m.

07.08.2025 16:08 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Hi Nigel, the recipe doesn’t tell us what to do with the melted butter in your gooseberry pudding!

06.07.2025 08:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

STATEMENT ON THE SPENDING REVIEW
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12.06.2025 17:31 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The Department for Education spent £46.5 million on advertising, consultancy and marketing costs in the last year. Half of that could expand the #ASGSF by 50%. If the government truly want to expand opportunity to every child, they could reverse the cuts now.  (2/2)

23.05.2025 15:03 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

I marched with families who rely on the Adoption & Special Guardianship Fund to help give their children the best second chance at life. This Government needs to rediscover its moral compass and reverse the cuts #CareNotCuts

08.05.2025 06:00 — 👍 12    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1

Encouraging and reassuring to see how much of the adoption and kinship community are giving their backing to the @asgsfprotest.bsky.social campaign. www.asgsfprotest.com

29.04.2025 17:45 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

Clare Solomons and I were guests on an emergency episode of @aandfpodcast.bsky.social discussing the @asgsfprotest.bsky.social campaign. Thanks for having us, @gayadoptiondad.bsky.social and @alcoates.bsky.social.

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25.04.2025 17:20 — 👍 4    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1

Extremely disappointed that during the Easter break, ministers have slipped out cuts in support for the most vulnerable children from the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund. I have written to Bridget Phillipson to call for these changes to be reversed immediately 👇🏽

15.04.2025 10:39 — 👍 52    🔁 46    💬 3    📌 11

No news from the Government regarding the Adoption and Special Guardianship Fund today. Precisely what these kids needs- lack of stability and continuity. Slow clap Labour…

31.03.2025 20:41 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Save Therapy for Vulnerable Children – Renew the Adoption & Special Guardianship Support Fund Now! Thousands of vulnerable children are at risk of losing life-changing therapy because the Government has failed to commit to renewing the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) beyond M...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

31.03.2025 16:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0