Evaluation of Adoption England’s Matching Grants Programme

Adoption England launched the Matching Grants Programme in 2022. As part of the programme, regional adoption agencies (RAAs) and their partnerships were able to apply for funding to implement projects that aimed to improve matching systems, processes, and practice at local, regional, or national level.

Adoption England commissioned an evaluation partnership from the University of East Anglia and the Institute of Public Care, Oxford Brookes University, to explore how matching grants were implemented and early evidence of impact. 

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