Every child needs love. That’s why, when parents can’t look after a child, it’s often best if they can be brought up in ‘kinship care’ - where a grandparent, uncle, aunt, sibling or family friend steps in.
Kinship care means love and stability. But for too long many politicians have overlooked these kinship carers and undervalue the role they have in keeping 141,000 children in England and Wales out of the care system. In fact, 8 in 10 kinship families aren’t getting the vital financial or practical support from their local authorities to meet their child’s needs.
This unfair system is risking thousands of children’s futures. If kinship carers can’t afford to look after them, they could lose their familiar, loving and stable home.
With a new Government in place, we have a HUGE opportunity to equalise support between kinship families and foster and adoptive families - but it’ll take all of us speaking out to demand change.
Will you add your name to help send this vital message: it’s time you take action to keep children in their families. #ValueOurLove and support kinship carers NOW.
