It's been a truly incredible day for all the #KinshipCarers at this very special visit from the Princess of Wales @KensingtonRoyal to a @kinshipcharity peer support group.
Profile for the amazing grandparents, relatives & friends raising children in loving homes is long overdue.
👸 We’re thrilled to share with you that today The Princess of Wales made a special visit to a Kinship peer support group in London. She met with #KinshipCarer grandparents, aunts and uncles and some of the young children they are raising.
@KensingtonRoyal@EarlyChildhood
Share our poignant new #ValueOurLove film. 🎬
Can I pay with love? 💳
This is what aunt #KinshipCarer Kelly, our senior campaigns officer, asked when she went undercover in supermarkets to try to buy the essentials for her #KinshipFamily. 🛒
Learn more about why she did this👇
@hmtreasury, @RachelReevesMP take note of these formidable #KinshipCarers marching today with empty trolleys to symbolise that love alone won't pay the costs of raising a child.
They urgently need financial support to keep their children in stable, loving homes (& out of care).
Today, #kinshipcarers and #ValueOurLove campaigners marched with empty shopping trollies through Westminster and told the government ‘we can’t pay with love’ – and that all kinship carers need financial support now. ✊
Great to have this opp for @kinshipcharity’s @samtrner to set out so expertly to @CommonsEd the complex landscape of #KinshipCare & how this will limit the new provisions in the Bill actually resulting in support for many of the families who most need it. #ValueOurLove
This morning, our Associate Director of Policy and Public Affairs @samtrner gave evidence to @CommonsEd on the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill and to support the Committee's wider children's social care inquiry.
Watch the whole session back at https://t.co/YwguKdSpEl. 📺
During the second reading of the Employment Rights Bill in Parliament yesterday, MPs used our briefing to highlight the absence of paid employment leave for #KinshipCarers within the Bill and urged the Government to go further.
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#EmploymentRightsBill
The UK's paternity leave policy is the worst in Europe - just two weeks paid at < half the minimum wage. Today we've launched The Dad Shift to help change that. Read more here: https://t.co/HHS3OIcgKs and sign our letter calling for better pat leave here:
https://t.co/pF2Ay8yX15
Another positive signal of new minister @JanetDaby's commitment to #KinshipCarers today but we still urgently need to hear ministers plans for continuing the reforms started by the last Gvt.
If you haven't already signed Poppy's open letter: ✒️ https://t.co/OGqSvoKTYu
Signed, sealed and delivered! 💌
Poppy and a group of #KinshipCarers hand delivered our open letter – signed by more than 6,000 #ValueOurLove campaigners and celebrities - to @JanetDaby, the Minister for Children and Families @educationgovuk. 💛
Great to see an increasing no of local councils like @SheffCouncil committing to paying allowances to more #KinshipCarers.
It's totally unfair for #KinshipFamilies to be left without support for the costs of raising a child (a fraction of the cost of a child going into care)
📢 Great news!! We welcome the positive steps from Sheffield City Council who are broadening access to a financial allowance for kinship carers to all those who have a legal order, on par with the minimum national fostering allowance.
Children who are cared for and raised by a family member or friend, are being denied access to vital mental health and educational support, a report has found.
@professorgreen, who was raised by his Nanny Pat, recalls his personal experience and says he'll be forever grateful for the love, support and stability she provided him.
@professorgreen@GMB@drlucypeake@kategarraway@adilray P.S. This incredible opportunity to feature on @gmb news is due to #KinshipCarers and their families telling us about their experiences and the challenges they face in our annual survey. Complete our 2024 survey: https://t.co/oTMtmaDKOa
Add you name, alongside musician @professorgreen, to the heart-felt open letter written by Poppy who grew up in #kinshipcare to the Education Secretary @bphillipsonMP, calling for more support for kinship families now. #ValueOurLove https://t.co/frNJJjfJqs
Today, we are launching our new report Forgotten: Support for kinship children’s education and mental health 📃
Read the full report: https://t.co/9vqmR4Vvsg
Read some of our findings below 👇
The horrifying riots and disorder that have unfolded in the last week have had a huge impact on communities across the country, including a number of communities where we work directly with kinship carers.
Great to have been interviewed for this @closer article which we hope will reach lots more #KinshipCarers like amazing Katie and Dawn who desperately need more support, so they know @kinshipcharity is here to help https://t.co/HrZ90mq8FN
🙏@JanetDaby for choosing to meet with #KinshipCarers@kinshipcharity as your 1st visit as @educationgovuk minister
The moving discussion about the challenges they are facing meant the world to them & they feel you understand that major change is desperately needed
#ValurOurLove
It was fantastic to meet some amazing people at @kinshipcharity today who care for vulnerable children, in my second day as an @educationgovuk minister.
I know from 15 years on the frontline of social care that they don’t often get the support they deserve. We will change this.
Congratulations to @bphillipsonMP for becoming the next Education Secretary in the new @UKLabour Government.
We're hugely grateful for her support for kinship carers and the #ValueOurLove campaign while she was Shadow Education Secretary - see below👇
Read @samtrner in @cypnow on @kinshipcharity’s #ValueOurLove campaign and how the next government must build a bespoke #KinshipCare system, ending the legal & postcode lottery and ‘recognising the unique needs, strengths and experiences of all kinship families’ 👇🏻
Pssssssttt @RachelReevesMP... one great way to support this would be to introduce a new right to employment leave for #KinshipCarers.
Here's why... 🧵
#ValueOurLove
https://t.co/qj5lm95Ie8