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Are you a researcher, academic or partner interested in kinship care research and best practice? Join our Researchers’ Network to stay up to date with latest research and find out about our quarterly meetings.

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What is the Kinship Researchers’ Network?

Our ambition is to create a dedicated network of academics, researchers and partners interested in kinship care research and best practice.

Robust research into kinship care and evidence about the experiences of all kinds of kinship carers and their families, including special guardians, in England and Wales will help to influence policy and practice at a national level.

The Kinship Care Researchers’ Network will hold quarterly meetings featuring presentations and discussions on the latest kinship care research, as well as updates from Kinship on national policy developments.

The Kinship Care Researchers’ Network is is chaired by Dr Lucy Peake, CEO of Kinship.

By signing up to the Researchers’ Network, you will receive regular updates and invitations to all our research events.

Sign up to the Researchers’ Network

Please fill out the form below to join the Researchers’ Network.

Are you a practitioner, academic or other research professional with an interest in research into kinship care?
Join our Kinship Care Researchers' Network to stay up-to-date with news from the world of kinship care, our charity and invitations to network meetings. Members are invited to quarterly online meetings, where you can find out about past and ongoing research on all aspects of kinship care and network with other research professionals. 

We are now using Zoom for all our meetings, allowing us to connect with kinship care researchers across the world. 
Please join our network using the form below.

If you are a kinship carer please sign up to our Kinship Community and if you are a social worker please sign up to our Kinship Professionals network. 

We look forward to staying in touch with you.






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