My mum doesn’t look after me because she’s not able to and my dad died 9 years ago.
New Strabane Kin Together Support Group
A new support group has been established for kinship carers in Strabane. For more information contact Ruth on 028 71373731 or email info@kinshipcareni.com
John Raises £835.00
Thank you to kinship carer, John Porter who ran the Dublin Marathon and raised £835.00. A fantastic achievement for John and his family.
Openwave Mobility Compete 65KM Charity Cycle
A massive thank you to all the staff at Openwave Mobility who completed a 65KM Charity Cycle and raised £3,836.29 towards our work with children and young people in kinship care. Special thanks to Julie Ferry for organising the event and completing the cycle. We are delighted everyone had a great time and made it […]
Kinship Care NI Officially ‘One to Watch’
Our 3 social enterprises (‘Kuddles’ our Kinship Care Bear, Kids n’ Kinship Shop and School of Confidence) were joint winners of the ‘One to Watch’ category at the 2016 Social Enterprise NI Awards held in the Stormont Hotel in Belfast. Staff and volunteers had a fantastic evening and we are now shortlisted for the 2016 […]
Workshop University of Ulster
Robert Hagan from the University of Ulster held two workshops with grandparent carers who shared their stories, including their achievements of bringing up their grandchildren.