Kinship Care Liverpool

Send a text In this episode I read an extract of a book I am writing about Kinship Care. This is an early thing and a long way from being completed, but if you have any thoughts or want to hear more please let me know. For more information regarding Kinship Care Liverpool please go to our website https://kinshipcarersliverpool.co.uk/Follow  https://kinshipcarersliverpool.co.uk/ Follow us on Facebo...

Send a text In this episode I look at the importance of applying for Child Benefit when you are a Kinship Carer. For more information about Child Benefit go to this website https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit For more information regarding Kinship Care Liverpool please go to our website https://kinshipcarersliverpool.co.uk/Follow  https://kinshipcarersliverpool.co.uk/ Follow us on Facebook (Kinship C...

Send a text In this episode I look at the services that may not get as much attention that we offer in Kinship Care Liverpool. This includes the bespoke help by our staff to help with specific issues or queries. If you feel that you need more help why not ask for a meeting with one of the team to discuss anything .  For more information regarding Kinship Care Liverpool please go to our website htt...

Send a text In this episode I reveal one of the most important things you should know as a Kinship Carer. Once you know this... it will be one of the most powerful things you can know. For more information regarding Kinship Care Liverpool please go to our website https://kinshipcarersliverpool.co.uk/Follow  https://kinshipcarersliverpool.co.uk/ Follow us on Facebook (Kinship Care Liverpool)  Twitt...

Send a text In this episode I review the new book by Holly Marlow Adoption After a Biological Child. This looks at the UK care system and the problems it faces. She also covers aspects of Kinship during this process. For more information visit her website at https://hollymarlow.com/  For more information regarding Kinship Care Liverpool please go to our website https://kinshipcarersliverpool.co.uk...

Send a text Today I look at the pros and cons of the Family Group Conference which most Kinship Families will be a part of. It was recently featured in the following episode of Eastenders  which you can watch on the BBC IPlayer EastEnders, 04/07/2023: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001nk3z via @bbciplayer For more information regarding Kinship Care Liverpool please go to our website https://kinshi...

Send a text Today I look at the current Forced Out campaign looking at helping get Kinship Carers who come out of work to get paid leave. This is an important issue that needs to be addressed for all future and current Kinship Carers. To read more the information is here https://kinship.org.uk/forced-out/ To sign the petition https://secure.kinship.org.uk/page/130012/action/1?ea.tracking.id=1000_v...

Send a text Today I look at the Summer Activities for August 2023 available for our Kinship Families in Liverpool. If you want to attend any contact the office or through social media and we will give you the rest of the details. For more information regarding Kinship Care Liverpool please go to our website https://kinshipcarersliverpool.co.uk/Follow  https://kinshipcarersliverpool.co.uk/ Follow u...

Send a text In this secind of two episodes I look at the minefield that is Taxes. As many of us have Kin Kids about to take a step into the workplace do we even know how tax works? Hopefully this will answer any questions you might have. For more information the best place to start is the HMRC official Gov website https://www.gov.uk/log-in-register-hmrc-online-services Please be aware that you alw...

Send a text In this first of two episodes I look at the minefield that is Taxes. As many of us have Kin Kids about to take a step into the workplace do we even know how tax works? Hopefully this will answer any questions you might have. For more information the best place to start is the HMRC official Gov website https://www.gov.uk/log-in-register-hmrc-online-services Please be aware that you alwa...

Send a text In this episode I look at the issue of family decisions and whether Kinship Care is a choice that people take lightly. For more information regarding Kinship Care Liverpool please go to our website https://kinshipcarersliverpool.co.uk/Follow  https://kinshipcarersliverpool.co.uk/ Follow us on Facebook (Kinship Care Liverpool)  Twitter (KinshipLpool) and Instagram (Kinshipcareliverpool)...

Send a text In this episode I look at the complicated question: What am I entitled to? Not an easy question to ask and even harder to answer. Hopefully this can point you all in some direction as to what should be available to you as a Kinship Carer. Note: Most examples are not guaranteed and can depend on circumstances, family dynamics and area of the country/Council authorities . For more inform...

Send a text In this episode we are speaking to Sarah Clarke Associate Director (Peer Support) of the Kinship Charity. She will talking about Al the wonderful things the charity does, courses, support and the new Kinship Compass which will make finding the information for new and existing Kinship Carers. You can find out more here https://compass.kinship.org.uk/  For more information regarding Kins...

Send a text In this episode we are looking ahead especially to Kinship Care Week in October and there will be some deep dives into some famous Kinship Kids. Watch out for polls on Twitter and Instagram to decide who will be looked at. New link to the Kinship Charter is here https://kinshipcarersliverpool.co.uk/liverpool-kinship-charter/  For more information regarding Kinship Care Liverpool please...

Send a text In this episode I read out the principles and information regarding the Liverpool Kinship Charter so if you are interested in what it means but don’t want to read it all sit back and let me do all the hard work for you. New link to the Kinship Charter is here https://kinshipcarersliverpool.co.uk/liverpool-kinship-charter/  For more information regarding Kinship Care Liverpool please go...

Send a text Do you want to look after this child? Imagine being asked that out of the blue. Many of our families don’t have to imagine it. This episode looks at the difficulty families have with this question that starts the Kinship Journey. For more information regarding Kinship Care Liverpool please go to our website https://kinshipcarersliverpool.co.uk/Follow  https://kinshipcarersliverpool.co....

Send a text Is it nearly May already? This week we look at some of the things happening at Kinship Care Liverpool over the first third of the year and looking forward to some of the things going on for the rest of the year.  For more information regarding Kinship Care Liverpool please go to our website https://kinshipcarersliverpool.co.uk/Follow  https://kinshipcarersliverpool.co.uk/ Follow us on...

Send a text This episode is a whistle-stop tour on current children's trends, video games, music, TV and beyond. If you don’t know your Xbox from your Switch, your Stranger Things from your Wednesday then this will give you a first step into the world of “relating to your kids”. For more information regarding Kinship Care Liverpool please go to our website https://kinshipcarersliverpool.co.uk...

Send a text This week is Part Two of looking at what a typical Kinship journey looks like. Now obviously there is no such thing as a typical Kinship journey but over these two episodes I will looking at the general points that occur during this process. For more information regarding Kinship Care Liverpool please go to our website https://kinshipcarersliverpool.co.uk/Follow  https://kinshipcarersl...

Send a text This week is Part One of looking at what a typical Kinship journey looks like. Now obviously there is no such thing as a typical Kinship journey but over these next two episodes I will looking at the general points that occur during this process. For more information regarding Kinship Care Liverpool please go to our website https://kinshipcarersliverpool.co.uk/Follow  https://kinshipca...

Send a text This week is a look at Research and what you sometimes have to do to find out about being part of Kinship, whether it is learning about what you are entitled to, what you need to do or how to do it? This is not exhaustive, but as always a push in the right direction. For more information regarding Kinship Care Liverpool please go to our website https://kinshipcarersliverpool.co.uk/Foll...

Send a text This week is a wonderful announcement that Liverpool City Council have signed up to implement the Kinship Care Charter. This is a long time coming and Liverpool once again at the forefront of change in the UK. Hopefully, other areas will follow. More information on the Kinship Charter can be seen here  https://liverpoolexpress.co.uk/uks-first-kinship-carers-charter-is-launched/ For mor...

Send a text This week is another look at Contact and how it can be one of the most complicated aspects of being a Kinship Carer.  For more information regarding Kinship Care Liverpool please go to our website https://kinshipcarersliverpool.co.uk/Follow  https://kinshipcarersliverpool.co.uk/ Follow us on Facebook (Kinship Care Liverpool)  Twitter (KinshipLpool) and Instagram (Kinshipcareliverpool)...

Send a text This week is the second episode of the Kinship Care Liverpool Video Podcast on YouTube that can be viewed here  https://youtu.be/vjx_I8Lb1vk/ This episode is looking at the update or lack of an update for the Government Care Review. For more information regarding Kinship Care Liverpool please go to our website https://kinshipcarersliverpool.co.uk/Follow  https://kinshipcarersliverpool....

Send a text This week as part of World Book Day/Week looking at the play Luna Gale by Rebecca Gilman which looks at the stages of a Kinship Care Placement and the issues that come for everyone There is a rehearsal performance on YouTube by #UKGradfest as part of the 2020 UK Grad Fringe Festival  https://www.youtube.com/live/pIewPFn72-0?feature=share For more information regarding Kinship Care Live...