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.
Jane became a kinship carer overnight when her daughter died unexpectedly.
Kinship carers face many complications, including the strain it can put on their relationships. Read Sam's story about how becoming a carer affected her family.
Vic describes how re-parenting a traumatised child is whole different ball game to raising her own children
The Commission on Alcohol Harm is calling for evidence as part of its inquiry into alcohol harm and the changes needed to reduce the harm caused by alcohol. The Commission...
We have three places in the Royal Parks Half Marathon on 11 October. The 13.1 mile route through central London takes in some of the capital's world-famous landmarks on closed roads,...
At the end of 2019 we asked if you had any ideas - big and small - for additional things that we can do in the future. Lots of you...
Kinship carer, Shelly James, who lives in Northampton has been awarded an MBE for her incredible work in founding a community of over 850 kinship carers.
The adoption support fund provides funds to local authorities and regional adoption agencies to pay for essential therapeutic services for eligible adoptive and special guardianship order families. Only 8% of...
Following some fantastic campaigning by kinship carers in 2019, we start 2020 with more than 15 MPs already committed to supporting kinship families in parliament.
We’re delighted that players of People’s Postcode Lottery are supporting Grandparents Plus through Postcode Support Trust with an award of £300,000 to support our work with kinship carers during 2020.
Vic from Northumberland describes how re-parenting a traumatised child is whole different ball game to raising her own children
It’s that time of year when you might start thinking about booking a holiday, but the expense can be worrying and often out of your reach. If this is the...
A message from Lucy Peake: Sadly in October this year Sandra Beck passed away. A kinship carer in the North East, she gave so much to her family, to the...
