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Update Covid-19

We are still working on a full time basis and someone will always be available, for advice, support, to talk, please contact us on the contact details provided. We will continue to update people on our service, we are still…

2016 Kinship Carers National Awareness Week was established

in 2016 National Kinship Carers week was established by our project Aim: to raise awareness of what Kinship Care is and to celebrate Kinship families. Outcome: each year this awareness week has gone from strength to strength with a working…

Information/Resources

Afternoon all,   Hope you are all keeping safe and well?  We have been working with LivPac and parents to put together a page specifically with resources for our SEND parents, this includes two personal blogs from our parents about…

See what else our families are saying

  Thank you so much kinship, never underestimate the difference you make to our lives. Thursday has now become the equivalent to ordering a takeaway or going out for dinner. I’m so glad I asked for those meals, I’d never…

Summer with our Kinship Families

We have provided, seeds, compost, tools, plants and mini greenhouses to our families, to get them growing their own produce, some already do this and are experts, some are very new, everyone is amazing, teaching their children to grow and…

Thank you NHS

A video where some of our kinship families contributed their art work towards making this thanks to NHS video during these very strange times of Covid-19, lockdown, closed shops, closed schools, social distancing, not seeing our families and friends face…

Easter Fun

Despite the lock-down we are all adhering to we still managed and Easter intergen – just look at the amazing Easter bonnets our amazing kin-kids made!     

See what our families are saying

The support and contact we have been getting from kinship carers have been second to none! And especially even more now during this virus pandemic!  Making sure we have everything we need for the kids and ourselves, dropping fruit veg,…

COVID-19/CORONAVIRUS

COVID-19/CORONAVIRUS     To keep yourself informed of the latest information follow the links below. www.twitter.com/COVIDLiverpool (you do not have to have a Twitter account to view this) www.facebook.com/COVIDLiverpool (you will need to have a Facebook account to follow our…

Valentines Intergen & John Muir Awards

Thanks to Merlin’s Magic Wand

A  big thank you to Merlin’s Magic Wand for their kind donations and their continued support to our project from staff and all the families who you help to make trips to Blackpool so memorable.

John Moores University Talk

Some of our Kinship Carers are going along to John Moores University, to give a talk to Social Workers about what issues they face and generally what Kinship Care is all about.  This is a very important date and another…

Water Sports

Lots of fun to be active, fresh air, a wonderful time had by all.    

2019 Parliamentary Task Force Trip to London

On the 1 July a group of young kin-kids and older kin-kids who went along to Westminster to have their voices heard by MP’s and Lords.  It was a very successful and emotional day for our kin-kids, once again telling…

Easter Intergen

Very talented families making Easter Bonnets and baskets, a nice chicken curry and a game of bingo, what a wonderful day we had.  

Autism in Motion Picnic in the park

We had a lovely day campaigning for support and recognition for Kinship Carers, whilst supporting Autism in Motion who put on another successful year for Picnic in the Park.  

A very powerful poem from a Kinship Carer

KINSHIP CARERS KINSHIP CARERS, BURDEN SHARERS WELFARE WOUNDED, NOT EXCLUDED, ADVICE IS NICE, WITH RICE & SPICE, A PAMPERED CHAT, BUT MORE THAN THAT A PROBLEM SHARED, IS A SOLUTION DARED… FAMILIES NOT ALONE AS KINSHIP’S COMMUNITY SPIRIT HAS GROWN…

2019 Parliamentary Taskforce

This is a very important time for Kinship Carers, to make changes, positive change to the outcomes for our Kinship Families, recognition. Please open link below, this will give you all the information about the Parliamentary Taskforce. Our meeting with…

2018 Bluecoat ‘In the Palm of my Hand”

Aim: to use art and dance to raise awareness of Kinship Care Outcome: The film was showcased to a live audience and a DVD was created to be shown in schools. We were approached by Bluecoats who came into our…

Media Release for ‘In The Palm Of My Hand’

              MEDIA RELEASE     Bluecoat create special dance performance with Liverpool charity Kinship Carers Liverpool   Bluecoat, Liverpool’s centre for the contemporary arts, will premiere In the Palm of My Hand, a moving original performance, on Saturday 2nd…