Concerns of exhaustion, children's mental health and the lack of tools to home-school.
This week we’ve been going through the results of our latest coronavirus impact survey.
A series of poems by Penny Shutt, a kinship carer, who explores how it feels to come to terms with bringing up her brother’s child.
Faith, aged 8, reads to other young kinship care children during lockdown.
The thought of a child or children coming home after contact with hundreds of others every day is terrifying.
David and Christine not only lost their beloved daughter, but they were newly caring for their four bereaved grandchildren.
I thought it’d be good to share some stats and figures, with a view to helping others understand why Grandparents Plus are so essential in providing the support and guidance.
We’re seeing an increasing need for emotional and bereavement support as the devastation of this epidemic takes hold.
Read Angela’s journey from reluctance to positive action, as she gained confidence through support groups and Kinship Active to become a fundraiser for her local group.
The report focusses on how the talk of relaxing lockdown restrictions is causing anxiety among grandparents in the UK who care for children.
We have been overwhelmed by the stories you have been telling us since the lockdown began and humbled by your strength.
Kinship carer Gerald received £1100 as his family entered increased hardship due to the coronavirus crisis.
Grandparents Plus welcomes the Education Secretary’s announcement of £8 million funding to support special guardianship and adoptive families during the coronavirus crisis.
Resources for carers who are raising children who have experienced early loss, trauma and attachment disruption
During this coronavirus epidemic, there is an urgent need to do as much as possible to support kinship families.
Kinship carers are the heart of our charity, the spine that runs through everything we do. You are our volunteers, you run support groups with us, you deliver training with...
A series of poems by Penny Shutt, a kinship carer, who explores how it feels to come to terms with bringing up her brother’s child.
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
Over the past year we’ve grown as a charity. We have new programmes across the country and new staff joining our team, which means we no longer fit in our...
We’re proud to be part of a collective of 27 charities and groups who work with and represent care- experienced children and young people across England and who have today...
When we took in our grandchild we wanted to be as generous with contact as possible for the sake of our daughter and their relationship.
Blog by Kishma Smithurst - Volunteer Development Manager Student volunteering week started 19 years ago to celebrate the impact of student volunteers and increase student engagement in volunteering. During the...
We’re delighted that Grandparents Plus has been awarded £180,000 over three years by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. The funding supports our ambition to transform support for kinship families by raising...
Ashley, Josh, Danielle and Matt talk about their experiences of growing up in kinship care.
