Happy Senses Children's Therapy

27/10/2025

Motherland's Anna Maxwell Martin is urging the government to reverse “cruel” cuts to a vital therapy fund for adopted children.

15/10/2025

12/10/2025

Please read and sign 🙏🏻

29/09/2025

Happy birthday to mad Margot. Margot, a firm favourite of many visitors to Happy Senses Children’s Therapy, is 5 years old today! Margot is a bit loopy at times but definitely gives the best cuddles! Happy Birthday Margot ###x

25/09/2025

Please watch - this so beautifully explains why I (and many others) have been feeling so frustrated and helpless since the cuts to the ASGSF earlier this year. The reality of these cuts is really starting to hit now and I personally feel like I’m letting so many of my clients down because the funding they so desperately need just isn’t there any more. It’s not just the cuts but the changes such as removing match funding that is so limiting now.
Please can I ask anyone and everyone to consider this and support us in the fight to get the government to understand and listen. Even if this doesn’t directly impact you - please consider these are the most vulnerable children in our society so we ALL have a duty to respond.

17/09/2025

04/09/2025

After months of campaigning by Adoption UK with others in the sector alongside thousands of families, we warmly welcome confirmation by the Children’s Minister that the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) will continue for 2026/27. We await clarity on the details. We have fought hard for public consultation about reforms to the Fund and are pleased to see the Minister commit to this in today’s statement. It is crucial that reforms are in the best interests of adopted children, that the impact of this year’s cuts are carefully considered, that consultation is thorough and reforms not rushed through. https://ow.ly/teJi50WR97N

24/07/2025

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We echo the calls in this joint letter from across the sector.

https://www.adoptionuk.org/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=dee4f2b8-810c-410c-840d-9725325c23f5

We thank them for collaborating Adoption UK Kinship Coram Family Rights Group CVAA UK Barnardo's

Our families cannot afford for the government to ignore this letter.

We are proud that evidence from our campaign is referenced in this letter and is being used to make the case for an urgent review of the changes to the ASGSF.

Both our evidence and that of the sector shows just how damaging the impact of the cuts to the ASGSF have been.

We want to collect more evidence, please complete and share our parent/carer survey:

https://forms.gle/sSKwqjeDEmVXQksv9

We echo the sectors call for a full and proper consultation, and the call to conduct this consultation before any future reform.

Current options for the future being put forward by the likes of Adoption England have a very weak evidence base and do not recognise the needs of our children nearly enough.

For now let us say this. Our campaign matters, not because of us but because of you. Because you add your voices to it. Because we have all come together to fight these cuts and fight for the needs of our children. It is our collective passion and advocacy skills that make a difference.

We said back on May the 3rd at our protest march that the fight was only just beginning. We know it is tiring, we know you have had to fight so much already but we must keep going. That isn’t fair but it is the reality.

Together we are having an impact. Those organisations writing this letter are listening to our collective voice and they care about what we are saying. That’s huge.

The government can only continue to ignore us for so long. Our campaign will continue to hold the government to account for what they are doing.

Our campaign is all about our collective voice, the power in unity and fighting this together.

We ask that you keep going, with us, if you can. Keep sharing our message, keep sharing the work we are doing. Keep collaborating with us.

It is slow and it is hard but it is meaningful.

For now it’s a big thank you, from us to you for your support. We take the responsibility of this campaign and representing your voices very seriously. It is an honour.

18/07/2025

A lovely letter from Bailey to the prime minister about how the ASGSF cuts have impacted him. If any of the children I work with want to follow suit and write their own letter, we can try to get our PM to listen.