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Who we are
CVAA is first and foremost a membership organisation for voluntary adoption agencies (VAAs). CVAA works with VAAs and sector stakeholders to champion their impact on the lives of children who need adoption.
We represent our members and advocate for them in national forums. We draw on our members’ vast experience of adoption to facilitate the sharing of best practice across the adoption system. We create space for professionals in the voluntary adoption sector to network and learn from one another.
Our culture and values
CVAA’s vision and mission reflect the unique role we and our members have in changing the lives of children and supporting their families. They are the bedrock of our work and drive everything we do to enable all children to thrive in the loving families they deserve.
Our vision: A modern adoption system across the UK which provides lifelong care and support for all the children who need it, validating their identity and ensuring their early relationships are respected through to adulthood.
Our mission: To enable VAAs, in partnership with others across social care, to play an active part in creating a system which is focused on the rights of all children to lifelong care and stability, supports their families and provides the choice of modern adoption for all those who need it.
Our purpose: To support member VAAs to evolve and thrive against the changing backdrop of the adoption sector in order to deliver improvements for children and families across all of our strategic priority areas.
Our values: Children First; Adopted people and their families are at the heart of everything we do; Respecting diversity; Support for adopters; Rooted in evidence; Stronger together; Ambitious for improvement; Collaboration and partnership.
