Kinship Together Episode 4: “Alone together”
21 March 2024
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In this episode, we speak to David who’s been a kinship carer to his two grandchildren for around three years. He also helps other kinship carers through Kinship’s volunteer service, Someone Like Me. In the conversation, he shares his experience of talking to other kinship carers and the benefits of knowing that support is available. David also talks about the challenges of becoming a kinship carer in difficult circumstances, and how he’s been able to adjust and provide a safe, caring home to grow up in.
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In episode 5, we chat to Peter and Maxine who’ve been kinship carers for around eight years to two children – Maxine’s grandchildren and Peter’s step-grandchildren. Peter and Maxine have a special guardianship order, which means they have long-term legal responsibility for the children they care for.
They talk about how when they became kinship carers, they quickly found themselves needing to research and gather as much information about the role as possible. Over time, they decided to take everything they learned and use it to help other kinship carers by setting up a kinship peer support group in their local area, which they still run today.
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