Training and events

Learn practical tools to help with raising a child of a different ethnic or cultural heritage to you.

Join our Manchester Roadshow to connect with other carers, share experiences and get vital information to help you make the right choices for you.

Learn about life story work – what it is, when to consider it, techniques to carry it out (and get support), as well as how it can help kinship children build a positive self-image.

Learn about the support available for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Learn about the school system and how to advocate for the child in your care within the education system.

Learn about working with your local authority children's services.

Learn how to approach online safety with children in kinship care. This includes helping them navigate the internet, learning about typical use and basic terms/concepts as well as how to address safeguarding concerns – even when less computer comfortable.

Learn about life story work – what it is, when to consider it, techniques to carry it out (and get support), as well as how it can help kinship children build a positive self-image.

Learn about FASD, what it is, how it can present itself and how you can support children in your care who are showing FASD symptoms or are confirmed to have it.

Learn how to approach online safety with children in kinship care. This includes helping them navigate the internet, learning about typical use and basic terms/concepts as well as how to address safeguarding concerns – even when less computer comfortable.