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Minority community kinship care research begins to fill knowledge gap

2 mins read Social Care
I am delighted that Kinship and the Rees Centre at the University of Oxford have conducted such important research on the experiences of black and Asian kinship carers.
Beverley Barnett-Jones is a Kinship trustee

This commitment is rooted in the values of our founders, who were dedicated to ensuring that kinship carers from all communities received the support they needed. We are uniquely equipped to undertake this important work, drawing on years of expertise in supporting kinship families.

This and the dedication to better understand and respond to the experiences of kinship families from minority communities is very important to me personally and professionally.

I am a black woman of African Caribbean descent. My mother was a Windrush pioneer – a nurse with the dream that her children would get a good education and make something of their lives. Times were not easy for my mother. Her children experienced periods of separation from her.

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