Official figures show that, in April, 15% of all looked-after children were in kinship care – where a child is looked after by a family friend or relative.
Despite the previous Conservative government’s implementation of a national kinship strategy and a £20mn investment for 2024/25 to increase numbers of children on the edge of care living in family networks, campaigners are calling for greater support for all kinship carers.
Kinship’s chief executive Lucy Peake is leading these calls through the charity’s #ValueOurLove campaign, which encourages carers to lobby the government and MPs.
After a recent successful bid to take part in the Churchill Fellowship’s children in care programme, Peake plans to travel to the USA and draw inspiration from how the kinship system is managed there.
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