Government launches investment in support for kinship carers
£126 million of support confirmed for family members such as grandparents, aunts and uncles who care for relatives' children in new pilot scheme.
Visit the kinship care policy tracker to find out what's happening now, out verdict, and what should happen next around engaging and supporting family networks.
PDF Improving the Kinship Local Offer and Approach to Kinship Care
Foreword: National Kinship Care Ambassador For many families, kinship care begins during times of disruption, grief, and uncertainty. In these moments, family and friends step forward to provide children with love and stability. As National Kinship Care Ambassador, I have met children and young people, parents, carers, local authorities, and voluntary and community organisations across the ...
The Kinship Financial Pilot is a national government scheme to test providing kinship carers with a financial allowance to cover some of the costs of care, encouraging more family members or friends to come forward. Today, 27 th February 2026, the Government has revealed the seven local authorities that will be piloting the allowance to kinship families in their area. Which local authorities ...
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The LGA welcomes investment in training and support for all kinship carers, and hope that the lessons learnt from piloting Family Network Support Packages will be swiftly shared. It will be important for the national kinship strategy to also recognise the role of partners in supporting kinship arrangements.
What works for kinship families Building the evidence base towards ...
Furthermore, visual representations like the one above help us fully grasp the concept of Kinship Family Savings Partnerships.
Thousands of kinship carers are set to be better supported as the government today (15 December) launches the first ever national kinship care strategy, 'Championing Kinship Care'.
PDF Kinship Care strategy
Our Kinship local offer will help to ensure that housing and social care services work in partnership to support the housing needs which may face kinship carers across the range of legal circumstances.
It outlines how local authorities and partners should provide services for children and young people in various kinship care arrangements. This includes: informal arrangements, temporary arrangements, private fostering, kinship foster care, child arrangements orders, special guardianship orders, and arrangements leading to adoption.
