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To speak to an adviser, please call our free and confidential advice line 0808 801 0366 (Monday to Friday 9.30am to 3pm, excluding Bank Holidays). Or you can ask us a question via email using our advice enquiry form.
Are you a parent, kinship carer relative or friend of a child who is involved with, or who needs the help of, children’s services in England? We can help you understand processes and options when social workers or courts are making decisions about your child’s welfare.
Our advice service is free, independent and confidential.
To speak to an adviser, please call our free and confidential advice line 0808 801 0366 (Monday to Friday 9.30am to 3pm, excluding Bank Holidays). Or you can ask us a question via email using our advice enquiry form.
Our online advice forums are an anonymous space where parents and kinship carers (also known as family and friends carers) can get legal and practical advice, build a support network and learn from other people’s experiences.
Our get help and advice section has template letters, advice sheets and resources about legal and social care processes. On Monday and Thursday afternoons, you can use our webchat service to chat online to an adviser.
Family Rights Group is the leading specialist charity working to ensure children can live safely and thrive in their family, and that children in the care system have loving relationships they can turn to throughout life. For 50 years, we have worked to shape the child welfare system to make that a reality. We are unique in bringing together legal and social work expertise with the direct voice and insights of young people and families. Our work includes advice and advocacy for parents and kinship carers, the creation of family-led solutions in child welfare, the championing of kinship care, and the amplification of family voices, expertise and insights.
A society in which children can thrive in their families, and have loving relationships to turn to throughout life.
To ensure that the child welfare and family justice system supports children to live safely and thrive within their family, while strengthening the family and community ties of those children who cannot live at home.
1) Access to advice and access to justice
2) Family-led decision making
3) Championing kinship care
4) Lifelong Links
5) Families shaping the system
To find out more about these 5 goals and how we will deliver change, please click below.
Family Rights Group, the leading specialist child welfare charity, sets out an ambitious 10-year strategy for building an effective child welfare system that puts children and families first.
DownloadThis summary outlines the key priorities and goals of Family Rights Group’s 10-year strategy to support children and families.
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