The charity Kinship is to lead major new research on the experiences of kinship families from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, it has been announced during Kinship Care Week.
During the week Monday 3rd to Friday 7th October there has been celebration for the amazing role that kinship carers across England and Wales play [...]
Kinship families are being plunged into poverty as the cost of living continues to soar, the charity Kinship has revealed.
Urgent action is needed to prevent many more families from struggling financially as they alleviate pressure on the care system by caring for children who are not able to live with their parents for a [...]
Prospective kinship carers do not have access to the legal advice and representation they need, which can have devastating consequences not only for them but the children they care for, The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Kinship Care has warned.
A report by the APPG found that almost 4 in 10 kinship carers had not received [...]
A single definition of kinship care should be written into legislation and there should be guaranteed support for kinship carers and their children.
This is the message from the Family Rights Group which says it is time to define a clear and simple legal framework for kinship care.
“Without an agreed definition, kinship carers can quickly [...]
All kinship carers should receive the financial support they need, a charity has argued.
There are more than 162,400 children in kinship care in England and Wales, nearly double the 88,115 children in local authority care. Not only do children have better experiences and outcomes in kinship care, but recent economic analysis has found that [...]
More than 90 per cent of parents would want a relative or friend to care for their children if they were unable to, a survey by The Family Rights Group has highlighted.
Most children in care are living with unrelated foster carers or in residential care away from their family network. But kinship care, where [...]
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