How will being a kinship carer affect family relationships?

You should think about how your new role will affect your own and the child’s relationship with their parents, as well as with other family members. How will your own children feel about someone else joining the household? How will the child react to their grandparents taking on a parental role?

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Kinship care in the news

Kinship care needs to be moved up the agenda and one of the ways we're doing that is by hitting the headlines. Here's a summary of our recent coverage
Additional investment to the Adoption Support Fund - our response

We welcome the additional investment to the Adoption Support Fund. For the kinship carers with Special Guardianship Orders eligible to apply for the Adoption Support Fund, this is often the only way they can fund therapeutic support for the children in their care.
Why kinship care needs to be recognised in law

As austerity begins to loosen its grip and money starts to trickle back into the system, it’s worth looking at how pioneering local authorities have been working with us to support kinship carers, and why kinship care needs to be recognised in law.
Karen's story

Karen has faced a double crisis - not only bringing up her grandchild but also getting the help her daughter desperately needs, often in emergency, life threatening situations.

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Our Advice Service helps kinship carers in crisis to make difficult decisions that will affect them, and the children in their care for the rest of their lives. Our team of three experienced, advisers help 2,000 kinship carers a year with their questions on benefits, employment, housing, education, grant applications - and often a shoulder to cry on too. The demand is rapidly increasing and we want to be able to answer more calls, more quickly. Your donation will help us do this Read more

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