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Adoption services: practice and improvement fund

What the fund is for and how to apply for it.

From:
Department for Education
Published
20 April 2016
Last updated
6 January 2017 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Practice and improvement fund: round 2 - guide

Ref: DFE-00332-2016

PDF, 397 KB, 35 pages

Practice and improvement fund: adoption services, application form

MS Word Document, 190 KB

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Practice and Improvement fund: round 2 - questions and answers

PDF, 401 KB, 16 pages

Details

The guide gives an overview of round 2 of the practice and improvement fund.

The following organisations can apply for this round:

  • voluntary adoption agencies (VAAs)
  • adoption support agencies (ASAs)
  • other voluntary sector organisations (VSOs)

VAAs and ASAs are organisations that recruit, approve and support people interested in adopting a child.

How to apply

Fill in the application form and email it to adoption.PIF@education.gov.uk by midday on 16 January 2017.

Published 20 April 2016
Last updated 6 January 2017 + show all updates

  1. Corrected application deadline to 16 January 2017.

  2. Added document 'Practice and Improvement fund: round 2 - questions and answers'

  3. Revised guide and form to include details about round 2 of the fund.

  4. Updated guide to include clarifications for bidders in response to questions.

  5. Updated the fund guide to add a scoring matrix that we'll use to assess bids in the first application round.

  6. First published.

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