Thank you Josh MacAlister MP for sharing our new report which highlights the educational and mental health needs of children in #KinshipCare! 💛 #ValueOurLove

Huge thanks to over 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ #KinshipCarers who have completed Kinship’s annual survey already. We’re keen to hear from all kinship carers, including siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents. Please share with kinship carers in your network 🙏

Get ready... Churchill Fellowship applications open in just ONE week! 🌍✨ Your chance to embark on a life-changing journey, gaining insights to impact change in the UK. To help you get started, we share our five top tips for a successful application 👇 churchillfellowship.org/news-views/new…

Come on Paris! #Paralympics2024

The #GoodChildhoodReport 2024 is here, and it shows concerning findings for the wellbeing of children in the UK. We see a continuing decline in young people’s wellbeing. This must end now. Read more in the full report: childrenssociety.org.uk/good-childhood

❗ *NEW* Dan Carden has tabled a written question asking what implications our brand new report Forgotten will have on Department for Education policies 📢THIS is one of the many ways that our annual survey data is used in Parliament 👏 Read the report here: loom.ly/JD5kkSk

Answering children’s questions about death in a straightforward, honest way may seem difficult, but bereaved children tell us that it’s helpful when adults speak to them in a way that is clear and unambiguous.

Got my favourite seat on London North Eastern Railway with views of one of my favourite coastlines. Joyous!

Thanks BBC Oxfordshire for having me on the programme this morning and for shining a light on the challenges kinship carers are facing and need for Bridget Phillipson to deliver more support, more quickly. Huge thanks too to kinship carer Rose* for generously sharing her expertise & story

📢 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.

👀 Sheffield moves towards equalising #KinshipCare allowances “…the new allowances, which will replace other payment methods, should benefit 850 current carers who currently receive less.” 🤝Kinship carers and the council are continuing to work together to improve support

Hello all - hope you had a good weekend. 10-12pm Wednesday 18/09 is coffee morning with Guest Speaker from Legal Estate Planning, Will writing (Silvertime) We also have Matty Ronniback - keeping us fit.

Applications are open for The Churchill Fellowship! It’s an incredible opportunity to explore innovations overseas to help solve practical problems in the UK. This year I’m off to the US to explore #KinshipNavigators, a tried-and-tested approach to supporting #KinshipCarers.

This is wonderful! 100 weddings in a day: Old Marylebone Town Hall hosts £100 ceremonies for its centenary - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/live/c869…

Greetings! Please share this amongst your #KinshipCare & #CareExperienced networks. Uni students of #Jamaican 2nd/3rd generation diaspora can apply for this funded 5 week professional and cultural internship June 28th - August 7th 2025. Immersive #ReclaimingNarratives opportunity

Hey Ivan Zhao no response as yet and just really want us to be able to use Notion again fully! We’ve developed some great best practice in the not for profit space so it’s a bit frustrating!

If you’re an organisation or amazing charity in Leeds who supports people looking for: ⭐️Bereavement support ⭐️Financial support like CitizensAdvice ⭐️Foodbanks like Trussell Our lovely Michala Wild would like to hear from you and how you can support kinship carers. ⬇️

Thanks sadly as I said in my message, my work colleague is now off for a couple of weeks so I need to pick this up and can’t access the response. It says we have 1 day left to upgrade so this is really urgent.

Looking forward to getting stuck into this: The Relationship is the Project. It’s ALL about relationships!