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 […]
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Laughter Yoga
Monday 8th June at the Stiles Community Centre, Antrim, BT41 1LZ from 11am-12pm It has been scientifically proven that the body cannot tell the difference between fake and real laughter! Laughter Yoga combines the concept of ‘laughing for no reason’ with Yogic breathing (Pranayama). Laughter is created within the group by making eye contact and […]
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’
New Service for Kinship Families Coming Soon!!!!
Buttle UK and Kinship Care NI have teamed up to provide a range of support services to kinship carers and their children in Belfast and other parts of Northern Ireland. Buttle UK and Kinship Care NI have secured £669,298 over the next 5 years from the Big Lottery Fund under the ‘Reaching out Supporting Families […]
Kinship Care NI Launch New Grandfamilies Training Programme
Kinship Care NI have launched a new Grandfamilies Training Programme for grandparents raising their grandchildren and older kinship carers in the Antrim, Magherafelt, Cookstown and Draperstown areas. A range of FREE training courses are up and running for kinship carers in the Antrim and Mid Ulster area. Some of the training programmes will be delivered […]