Grants available to small organisations and groups
Adoption England Community Development Fund – applications open until 8th August 2025
The Adoption England Community Development Fund aims to help small organisations or groups with lived experience in adoption, to grow community groups and support adopters, adoptees, and birth families. These small grants are designed to provide financial assistance to initiatives that model good practice in adoption support, community engagement, and sustainable development.
Through this grants process, we are looking to support and enable people with lived experience to use their expertise, creativity and passion to improve the lives of those impacted by adoption. The impact is more important than the how; we’re interested to hear your ideas and proposals. Examples might include short breaks for families, peer-led support groups for adopted people or birth parents, holiday schemes, mentoring schemes, activities for teens or children’s play sessions.
The maximum grant award per organisation is £5000.
You can read the full guidance and apply here http://bit.ly/4nIDBq9
About Adoption England
Adoption England is a collaboration of regional adoption agencies working together to improve adoption practice and develop support and services to better meet the needs of children and families. Adoption England receives funding from the Department for Education and works in partnership with all agencies involved with adoption in England.