Kinship Care NI have published a 4 page Impact Report on their work and success in meeting the needs of kinship carers and the children they care for in Northern Ireland. The organisation has achieved considerable success in helping and supporting some of the most disadvantaged children and families – from providing specialist advice and […]
Kinship Care Support Service secures £210,123.78 in social security benefit
Our Kinship Care Support Service has secured £210,123.78 in social security benefit and financial support for kinship carers and their children in just 22 months! Our ‘Kinship Care Support Service’ in Derry/Londonderry provides a specialist advocacy service to kinship carers and their children. In the last 22 months, staff members Leann, Leona and Roisin have […]
Our ‘Mum of the Year’
Ann Marie McHugh from Belfast was one of three finalists for ‘Mum of the Year’ at the 2015 NI4Kids Awards. Ann Marie was nominated by her 11 year old nephew Cian (and his dog Busty) for taking care of him and for being the only mum that he knows. Although Ann Marie did not win, […]
£219,045.98 for kinship carers and their children
Kinship Care NI have secured £219,045.98 in social security benefit and financial support for kinship carers and their children in the last 20 months. The ‘Caring for Kin’ Project offers a free telephone helpline service as well as advice, information and training to grandparents raising their grandchildren and other kinship carers who are raising children […]
Summer Programme
Kinship Care NI launch their exciting and fun filled Summer Programme for children and young people in kinship care
Mascot Grand National with Kuddles
Kuddles competed in the Sue Ryder 2015 Mascot Gold Cup in Wetherby and was presented with a certificate for the ‘2nd Farthest Traveled by a Mascot’