We're calling for more support for grandparents, as our new poll shows that 93% of families receive some kind of help with childcare.Read more
The Relative Experience Programme launches in North London, thanks to National Lottery funding through the Big Lottery Fund.Read more
Shadow minister for children and families Emma Lewell-Buck MP paid a visit to one of the country’s most underrepresented carer groups at a meeting in her constituency.Read more
Support groups in the North East have helped the Relative Experience Programme reach a new milestone – supporting its 500th carer.Read more
National charity Grandparents Plus has been awarded £250,000 by players of People’s Postcode Lottery to support some of the country’s most vulnerable families.Read more
The largest ever survey of kinship (family and friend) carers in England and Wales has revealed that a ‘legal lottery’ still determines the support available to children unable to live with their parents.Read more
Grandparents Plus welcomes the news that kinship carers Paul and Sue Rutherford have won their appeal over the bedroom tax."We are delighted to hear that grandparent carers Paul and Sue Rutherford have won their case in the Supreme Court".Read more
A groundbreaking project supporting grandparents and other family members who are raising a relative’s child (as ‘kinship carers’) across the North East of England was celebrated at an event in Newcastle yesterday, ahead of a new bid to expand the project across the country.Read more
Grandparents Plus welcomes proposals in the Children and Social Work Bill to improve support for looked after children and calls for support to be extended to children growing up in kinship care.Read more
‘Let’s not forget the hidden army of kinship carers’ Grandparents Plus comments on new figures released by Age UK.Read more
Grandparents Plus welcomes the Government announcement on Special Guardianship Orders. “We welcome the Minister for Children and Families Edward Timpson’s announcement to strengthen the assessment framework for Special Guardianship Orders and improve support to special guardians and children".Read more
We welcome the Government’s announcement to remove unnecessary delays from the adoption system. No-one wants to see children in temporary placements when they could be living with a family who are committed to them for the whole of their lives.Read more