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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.
We provide advice to parents, grandparents, relatives, friends and kinship carers who are involved with children’s services in England or need their help. 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 describes the processes that you and your family are likely to go through, so that you know what to expect. Our webchat service can help you find the information and advice on our website which will help you understand the law and your rights.
Labour Member of Parliament for Denton and Reddish
Special Guardian to his grandson, Lyle
Conservative Member of Parliament for East Worthing and Shoreham
Children’s Minister 2010-2012
Liberal Democrat MP for Twickenham
Brought the Kinship Care Bill 2022 (Private Members’ Bill)
Labour
Members of the APPG also include:
Fleur Anderson, Labour MP for Putney
Caroline Ansell, Conservative MP for Eastbourne
Paul Blomfield, Labour MP for Sheffield Central
Peter Bottomley, Conservative MP for Worthing West
Ian Byrne MP, Labour MP for Liverpool West Derby. APPG Vice Chair 2021-2024
Marsha de Cordova MP, Labour MP for Battersea. APPG Vice Chair 2023-2024
Alex Cunningham, Labour MP for Stockton North
Ben Everitt, Conservative MP for Milton Keynes North
Imran Hussain, Labour MP for Bradford East
Kim Johnson, Labour MP for Liverpool Riverside
Kevan Jones, Labour MP for North Durham
Sarah Jones, Labour MP for Croydon Central
Emma Lewell-Buck, Labour MP for South Shields
Holly Lynch, Labour MP for Halifax
Kerry McCarthy, Labour MP for Bristol East
Catherine McKinnell, Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne North. Chair of the Parliamentary Taskforce on Kinship Care 2020/21. APPG Vice Chair 2021-2024
Kate Osborne, Labour MP for Jarrow
Marie Rimmer, Labour MP for St Helens South and Whiston
Andrew Selous MP, Conservative MP for South West Bedfordshire
Alistair Strathern, Labour MP for Mid Bedfordshire
Liz Twist, Labour MP for Blaydon
Baroness Blake of Leeds CBE
Baroness Drake CBE
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
Lord Hannay of Chiswick
Baroness Morris of Bolton OBE
Lord Watson of Invergowrie
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