Here you can find information about any upcoming news and events relating to kinship and carers.
Kinship Online Training Events – Taking place in January
Follow this link to sign up to Kinship Care Week Masterclass for Kinship Carers: The kinship journey: Connection and hope in your kinship family
For Kinship Care Week, carers can follow this link for the digital toolkit: Kinship Care Week: Digital toolkit for kinship carers – Kinship
October online workshops are now available to book. If you’re available to come along, we’d love to see you there!
Each workshop covers a specific topic, is free to attend, and you can book as many as you’d like. Our workshops are supportive spaces where you can connect with other kinship carers.
We’ve separated the workshops by topic for you to easily browse below. Find out more about each by clicking the relevant booking link:
| Feeling a bit overwhelmed? Our ‘Introduction to kinship care’ workshop is a brilliant place to start, and could help highlight other support and resources that would help. Book your place here. There’s no pressure to do anything more than listen. 😊 |
| Financial support for kinship families: Tuesday 21 October, 11am to 12:30pm – book here Formalising your kinship care arrangement: Thursday 23 October, 11am to 12:30pm – book here Dealing with emotional challenges as a kinship carer: Wednesday 8 October, 10am to 12pm –book here Monday 20 October, 11am to 1pm – book here Wednesday 29 October, 7pm to 9pm – book here |
| Supporting your kinship child at school: Thursday 16 October, 10am to 11:30am – book here Understanding how to keep children safe online: Thursday 16 October, 7pm to 9pm – book here Overview of the ECHP and SEND process: Thursday 23 October, 10am to 11:30am – book here |
| Working with your local authority children’s services: Wednesday 22 October 10am to 11:30am – book here Preparing for sensitive conversations with kinship children: Tuesday 21 October, 7pm to 8:30pm – book here |
