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Informed by and adapted from the Big Lottery funded Relative Experience programme run by Grandparents Plus in partnership with Family Lives, Kinship Connected features one - to - one support from Grandparents Plus project workers, peer support group development, workshops for kinship carers and consultancy services.

The service is an updated and bespoke version of the Big Lottery funded Relative Experience programme previously run by Grandparents Plus in partnership with Family Lives.

The survey, conducted by Grandparents Plus and Family Rights Group on behalf of the Kinship Care Alliance, found that 93 % of carers felt that they hadn't been given enough information about finance when they took on care of the children.

The conference starts with findings from a series of research projects carried out by Grandparents Plus and the University of Bristol.

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OA&FS adoptee Juliana is surrounded by love and her adoptive family, which includes parents Sonja and Stuart, her big sis plus grandparents and cousins to play with!

Being brought up by parents who could — particularly in this day and age — easily be regarded as my very young grandparents, the generation gap, plus their overly concern for my wellbeing and safety, had not prepared me for the harshness that stark poverty brought to people who were burdened with the added worries of having to care for a sick and handicapped child.

This will be followed by our own CEO Dr Lucy Peake who will reveal the results of Grandparents Plus» 2017 Kinship Care: State of the Nation survey.

Grandparents Plus is calling on the Government to take urgent action to prevent more families from being plunged into poverty, by ensuring all kinship carers have a financial allowance related to their financial circumstances and the needs of the child.»

The survey, conducted by Family Rights Group and Grandparents Plus on behalf of the Kinship Care Alliance, found that 93 % of carers felt that they hadn't been given enough information about finance when they took on care of the children.

Run by national kinship care charity Grandparents Plus, Kinship Connected will provide one to one support and develop peer support groups for Special Guardians and kinship carers in Barnet, Brent, Bromley, Camden, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey and Southwark.

This research was supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in partnership with Grandparents Plus and the Beth Johnson Foundation which funded the research undertaken at King's College London.

Grandparenting in Europe, produced for Grandparents Plus by the Institute for Gerontology at King's College London, shows that over 40 % of grandparents in 12 European countries studied provide grandchild care without the parents preseGrandparents Plus by the Institute for Gerontology at King's College London, shows that over 40 % of grandparents in 12 European countries studied provide grandchild care without the parents presegrandparents in 12 European countries studied provide grandchild care without the parents present.Read more

Grandparents Plus is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales under number 4454103 and registered as a charity under number 1093975

This work was supported by a grant from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, in partnership with Grandparents Plus and the Beth Johnson Foundation, to Glaser, Price, and Tinker.

Relative Experience, a unique project delivered by charity Grandparent Plus in partnership with Family Lives to support kinship carers across the North East, has given over 500 kinship carers access to specialist help, support groups and a befriending service, transforming the experience of both carers and the children they're raising.

Coinciding with Carers Week (12 - 18 June), Relative Experience, run jointly by charities Grandparents Plus and Family Lives, is a support programme for kinship carers.

Guest blog by Lucy Peake, Chief Executive at Grandparents Plus.

The Grandparents Plus Advice Line is staffed by professional advisers who are trained in the provision of specialist advice on a wide range of issues.

Relative Experience, a unique project delivered by charity Grandparent Plus in partnership with Family Lives to support kinship carers across the North East, gives carers access to specialist help, support groups and a befriending service to transform the experience of both carers and the children they're raising.

The event showcased the success of Relative Experience, a unique approach delivered by charity Grandparent Plus in partnership with Family Lives to support kinship carers across the North East, giving them access to specialist help and a befriending service to transform the experience of both carers and the children they're raising.

The YouGov survey has been welcomed by charities Grandparents Plus, the Family and Parenting Institute and Family Lives, as a massive boost for the estimated 200,000 kinship carers in the UK.

She first contacted Grandparents Plus in May 2016, and has been supported by the advice team ever since.

This submission was drafted by Family Rights Group and is endorsed by BAAF, Buttle Trust, The Fostering Network, The Grandparents» Association, Grandparents Plus, Mentor UK and The Who Cares?

The Kinship Care Alliance (which is serviced by Family Rights Group and made up of organisations including Grandparents Plus) is conducting a survey of family and friends carers aka kinship carers.

It is also endorsed by Action for Children, Article 39, Coram Baaf, Child Poverty Action Group, Family Rights Group, Grandparents Plus, Kinship Carers Project, Kinship Carers UK, Kinship «Foster Carers» Group, Just for Kids Law, Mentor UK, Nagalro, Pace, Pact, Siblings Together, Together Trust.

Grandparents Plus has been awarded # 250,000 by players of People's Postcode Lottery to support some of the country's most vulnerable families.

«Let's not forget the hidden army of kinship carers» Grandparents Plus comments on new figures released by Age UK.Read more

Dr Lucy Peake, chief executive of Grandparents Plus, said: «Many children in kinship care are vulnerable, and at the moment they're being let down by a system that focuses on the result of a legal lottery rather than their needs.

In fact, a recent study by the National Association of REALTORS ® found that 14 percent of U.S. home purchases last year involved a multigenerational household of adult children, plus parents, grandparents or both.