Raising children costs money. But financial support for kinship carers is inconsistent – it is a postcode and legal order lottery.
Kinship invited kinship carers, social work and legal professionals, policymakers and researchers joined us on this webinar as we shared the key findings and conclusions of our survey of financial allowances received by kinship carers in England and Wales.
Speakers included:
- Dr. Lucy Peake, CEO, Kinship. Lucy was in conversation with Maxine Campbell and Vickie Elward, both kinship carers and Project Workers in England and Wales.
- Paul McGrath, Policy and Practice Advisor, Kinship.
If you couldn’t make it to the webinar, please watch it here.
Please find the slides used in the webinar below:
What’s next?
Kinship is working with the Adoption & Special Guardianship Leadership Board to identify good practice in allowances for special guardians.
We’re looking for local authorities who will share their approach. Contact Paul McGrath paul.mcgrath@kinship.org.uk
We’ll be repeating our financial allowances survey annually to track changes
- Join our kinship community to keep in touch with our research and campaigns.
- Join our professionals network to share good practice.
- Read the full survey report .
- Watch and read media coverage about the survey.
- Speak to our advice team for help with finances, including benefits and grants.
