Jordan Hall, public affairs and partnerships manager at Family Rights Group, said:
“The Kinship Care Bill sets out three crucial areas where support for kinship carers needs to improve. It would help to tackle the financial hardship that too often impacts on families stepping up for children in times of crisis, and the educational disadvantage faced by the children they are raising. Family Rights Group is pleased to have worked with Munira and her team in developing the Bill.
“The inclusion of a single definition of kinship care written into primary legislation, based on our Time To Define Kinship Care proposals, is also a particularly vital step. Too often kinship care is not properly recognised nor understood. Without a broad definition in law, some carers are completely invisible to public services and are unable to access support.
“We urge the Government to match their warm words for kinship care with action, starting with taking forward the Bill’s measures. Supporters can get involved by reaching out to their MP and asking them to back the campaign.”