Training and events

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

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

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.

This free workshop will give you helpful information about financial support you may be able to get as a kinship carer.

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 about different types of kinship care, what your arrangement means for what decisions you can make and what parental responsibility means.

This webinar will offer practical information on the adoption and special guardianship support fund, how to access it and how the recent changes may affect your situation.

Learn about drug and alcohol misuse and how it can present itself, and impact children being cared for by kinship carers, as well as the wider kinship family.

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.

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