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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 Wednesday afternoons, you can use our webchat service to chat online to an adviser.
The Kinship Care Alliance is a group of organisations that campaigns for better recognition and support for kinship carers. KCA members have a shared belief that when children and young people cannot remain home with their birth parents, they are best raised with relatives and friends in kinship care. We believe that all kinship families should receive the right support and help so that children in kinship care are able to thrive in safe, loving homes within their family network.
While kinship carers raise more than 180,000 children across the UK, many kinship carers do so without adequate support or recognition. As a result, they and the children in their care often experience significant practical, financial and emotional challenges in their lives.
The Kinship Care Alliance has outlined seven priorities for the next Government to recognise the value of kinship care and the unique challenges which kinship families face, and to deliver the radical reform kinship families desperately need.
Download the Kinship Care Alliance’s Priorities for the Next Government
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