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Adoption, Fostering and Kinship Care | Local Authorities
Membership organisation for professionals working across adoption, fostering and kinship care
CoramBAAF is the UK’s leading membership organisation for professionals working across adoption, fostering and kinship care. They provide information, best practice guidance, advice, training and resources to support their members and influence policy to improve outcomes for children and young people.
Early Years and Childcare
Hempsall’s supports organisations independently and within Childcare Works programmes – notably in early years, childcare, the Holiday Activities and Food programme (HAF), local authorities, and central governments – to achieve change and deliver best practice, with a particular focus on tackling inequality and the effects of disadvantage.
Improvement Services for Local Authorities
Coram Innovation Accelerator provides improvement services that can help Local Authorities better their practice and the outcomes achieved for their children. Their specialised improvement framework, diagnostic tools, and uniquely designed approaches have made significant performance improvements in over 30 local authority adoption services.
National Association of Family Information Services
The National Association of Family Information Services (NAFIS) is the only national membership organisation supporting local authorities to deliver high quality information and advice to families. NAFIS provides a focal point for lobbying government, access to key decision makers, a monthly newsletter, regular webinars, a fantastic annual conference, and a secure email network which enables members to share information and best practice
The Parent Champions National Network
Parent Champions are parent volunteers who give a few hours a week to talk to other parents about the local services available to families. Coram Family and Childcare developed the Parent Champions programme in 2007 to help marginalised or isolated parents who miss out on vital information about how to access local family services.
The Parent Champions model is delivered by parents for parents, with the support of a local authority, children’s centre, school or local community organisation.