Please see below a very moving appeal from Kath & Russ and consider signing the petition. I worked for 30 years with children in the care system and know firsthand the problems of kinship carers in their struggles with authority.
I dread to think how these problems will increase under the present government!
Please support
Yours in hope
Mary x
Dear all
Please can you find the time to sign the petition to improve the support
given to kinship foster carers. As many of you who know mine and Russ’s
situation, you will already be aware that support for those who take on
their granchildren/nieces nephews etc is nonexistent, financially and
otherwise. Keeping children with people who they know and trust when
removed from their parents has to be the best for them.
Taking on someone else’s children as an alternative to them going into
care places great strain on carers both emotionally and financially, it
changes your whole life which places a great strain on relationships and
household finances. It is important that support is forthcoming so that
kinship foster caring is seen as a real possibility for potential carers
and ensure that those who are already caring are well supported to
undertake the task and to ensure that the placement does not break down.