Fiona from Deloitte baked the most amazing cake ever, won the bake off competition and raised £315.00. Congratulations Fiona.
Bug Hunting in St Columbs Park
Children had a fantastic time bug hunting in St. Columbs Park. Children collected lots of interesting creepie crawlies and enjoyed playing in the park. Thank you to Groundwork NI for funding the programme and for making the day a huge success.
Rachael Pitches to Deloitte in London
17 year old, Rachael travelled to London to pitch for £150,000. Rachael, who is being brought up by her older sister shared her personal experience of kinship care in front of a room full people, including the Chairman and Senior Partners at Deloitte. Rachael had a fantastic time and done herself, her sister and everyone […]
Derry Credit Union Young People’s Awards
A huge congratulations to Garreth, Shantelle, Matthew, Stephen, Rachael Kayla and Riordan who were nominated and shortlisted for several awards at the Derry Credit Union Young People’s Awards in the City Hotel. Thank you to the Derry Credit Union (as always) for putting on a fantastic evening and for making young people feel extremely special. […]
BBC Broadcast Appeal
We had an amazing time working alongside Paula Gilmurray at BBC Broadcasting House in Belfast to put together our appeal. We received a tour of the BBC and spent the morning in Studio 5. Kinship carers, John Porter and Anthea Campbell shared their personal experience of kinship care and Kayla and Danny spoke beautifully about […]
15th Anniversary Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
Trustees and volunteers attended a celebration of the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service at Mossley Mill in Newtownabbey. This was a great opportunity to meet other organisations and celebrate together the contribution volunteers make to the work of Kinship Care NI. A massive THANK YOU to Walter Radar for organising the event and for a […]