Our 300 members represent 94% of all local authorities and 88% of all children and family social workers. They include regional adoption agencies, health and social care trusts, independent fostering providers, health bodies and voluntary adoption agencies.
Our services
- We influence and inform the development of policy and practice by working with sector organisations, government, researchers and local and regional agencies
- We provide training and events to help professionals tackle key issues in adoption, fostering and kinship
- We provide expert advice to support the work of our professional members
- We publish a wide range of books, guides and other resources and the Adoption & Fostering journal, the only quarterly peer-reviewed journal dedicated to issues for children and young people in care
30,000
books sold in the CoramBAAF bookshop in 2022
Over 3,500
practitioners trained in our 2022 courses and events
More than 2,500
Advice Line enquiries answered in 2022