Kinship Together

In this episode of Kinship Together, you can listen back to some of the highlights from our previous conversations with kinship carers.  In particular, you can hear how kinship peer support groups  have such a positive impact on the lives of carers, their families. communities and even society more widely.  And then we return to those moments of joy – those special memories – that make all the har...

In this episode, we chat to Peter and Maxine who've been kinship carers for around eight years and have a special guardianship order, which means they have long-term legal responsibility for the children they care for. They talk about how when they became kinship carers, they quickly found themselves needing to research and gather as much information about the role as possible. Over time, the...

In this episode, we speak to David who's been a kinship carer for around three years. He also helps other kinship carers through Kinship’s volunteer service, Someone Like Me. He shares his experience of talking to other kinship carers and the benefits of knowing that support is available. David  also talks about the challenges of becoming a kinship carer in difficult circumstances, and how he...

In this episode, we talked to Marisa who along with her mum has been a kinship carer for seven years. Though they work as a close-knit team, it's her mum who has the special guardianship order, which means she has a long-term legal responsibility for the child they care for. Marisa talks about how they work together to raise a child, while at the same time running a kinship peer support group...

In our first interview with a kinship carer, we speak to Gillian, who's been a kinship carer for around nine years. After facing a range of challenges, including the loss of her husband, Gillian gets support and friendship through her local peer support group for kinship carers. As secretary of the group, she plays an important role in making sure its members get the companionship, help and a...

In this episode, we speak to Graham who has been a kinship carer for around 14 years. He's a single grandparent and the two children he cares for are now teenagers.  Graham talks about how when he became a kinship carer, he was able to find the information and help he needed through attending a peer support group. He's since gone on to offer the same support to many other kinship carers...

In this first episode of Kinship Together, Kinship's Chief Executive Lucy Peake explains what kinship care is, why it's so important, and how peer support can have an incredible impact on carer's lives. Having worked with kinship carers for many years, Lucy provides insight into the way support groups work as well as their potential for change. That change applies to individuals and...