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There is no need to sign up in advance to them, just join us on the day. The Teams links are embedded in this newsletter, or you can email Heather or Becky for the link. Information about Open Sessions and the Teams links is also sent out directly to as many people as possible within all the SWAC agencies.<\/p>\n<p>We are now recording most of these sessions, if the presenter and those attending agree to us doing so. Ask Heather if you would like access to any of the recordings. We only record the presentation, not the discussions which follow, so attendance in person is still always best.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Family Network Meetings<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p class=\"p1\">Led by Sue Westwood, formerly of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adoptioncounts.org.uk\/\">Adoption Counts<\/a><\/span>, who co-authored a recent <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/corambaaf.org.uk\/\">CoramBAAF<\/a><\/span> Practice Guide on the subject.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">&#8212; 11<sup>th<\/sup> August 2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>National Developments<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p class=\"p1\">Annual visit from Sarah Johal, the National Adoption Strategic Lead from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adoptionengland.co.uk\/\">Adoption England<\/a><\/span>, keeping us up to date with national developments in adoption.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; 24<sup>th<\/sup> September 2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For joining details, please contact Heather Freeman at\u00a0<u><a href=\"mailto:heather.freeman@ccsadoption.org\">heather.freeman@ccsadoption.org<\/a><\/u>\u00a0or Becky Hosken at <u><a href=\"mailto:becky@ccsadoption.org\">becky@ccsadoption.org<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-blue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ccsadoption.org\/the-centre\/swac\/\">SWAC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are held monthly and are open to anyone, in any role, working in or with a SWAC agency, whether &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":3825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[97],"mec_category":[109],"class_list":["post-3001","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-swac","mec_category-swac-events"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SWAC Open Sessions - Adoption Support<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The SWAC Open Sessions are held online and are open to anyone, in any role, working in a SWAC agency. 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