Financial support and benefits

Organisations that provide specialist support and advice relevant to kinship care.

Stepping up to raise a child can incur additional costs, such as paying for a school uniform or school meals. Here’s how to get financial help with school costs.

Find out what help is available to help you cope with rising energy bills.

If you are a kinship carer to a 16- or 17-year-old, find out how they might be able to claim Universal Credit.

Benefit support called Bereavement Support Payment, which kinship carers could claim if a partner has died.

Information and links to specialist support on how to manage debt and get financial help as a kinship carer.

Information about the adoption and special guardianship support fund for kinship carers, including how to apply and who is eligible.

Information and advice on the types of financial support available to kinship carers with a special guardianship order.

Pension Credit is an extra amount paid by the government to top up your living costs if you’re on a low income and over State Pension age.

Universal Credit is a payment by the Government to help cover your living costs if you’re of working age.

Stepping up to raise a child can be expensive, and money worries are common for kinship carers. Find out what financial support and benefits are available to you.

Information and advice on the types of financial support available to kinship carers with a child arrangements order.

Information on financial support and benefits available for private foster carers to help pay for the cost of caring for a child.

Financial support and government benefits available to family and friends foster carers.

Information on the types of financial support and government benefits available to informal kinship carers.

There are a number of benefits you may be eligible for if you, or someone you care for, is disabled or has a long-term illness.

Everything you need to know about claiming Child Benefit as a kinship carer, including links to the latest government information.

Education Maintenance Allowance is money that young people in Wales aged 16–18 can claim to support their full-time education.

Pupil Premium Plus is special funding for schools in England to promote the education of pupils who are or have been in the care of children’s services.

Childcare costs can be expensive. As a kinship carer, you may be entitled to financial support to help cover the cost of childcare.