There are at least 10x more “unsupported” “un recognised “ families doing kinship in Scotland than those with “ recognised “ ie LAC or formally LAC children . WE are the majority looking after our KIN and saving billions by doing it . Without US it’s not about US Scottish Government

facebook.com/share/p/2EAw1v…. A good initiative now you need to #ValueTheirLove and fully recognise kinship care

Welcome to Phoebe from the US bringing news about campaigning for implementation of Philadelphia City Council’s recommendations that poverty is not neglect & is not be a reason to remove children. We want the same in the UK. #PovertyIsNotNeglect Global Women's Strike US

EPIC is supporting Kinship Care Ireland in celebrating #KinshipCareWeek2024 🫶 Kinship care is when children + young people live with a relative or close family friend because they are unable to live with their parents. Follow Kinship Care Ireland to keep up to date with events🙌

In an early success for our #ActForKinshipCare campaign, the Gov't has committed to our proposal for a local offer for kinship families 🎉 New guidance will make sure councils set out the support they provide for local kinship families. Read more 👇 frg.org.uk/news-blogs-and…

Wishing all kinship families in England and Wales a great kinship week We are looking forward to visiting Kinship Carers on Friday to show our support for #ValueOurLove campaign . We will be extending our invitation to our beautiful country to meet us 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #kinshiprising

Today I feel really proud as a kinship carer to see Bradford Children and Families Trust recognised kinship families by hosting a kinship care week event, and sharing their plan to deliver better support for kinship families in Bradford #thisiskinshipcare

All kinship families should be valued with both financial and other supports . The next best thing for any child is to stay in the family and that should ALWAYS be front and centre We travel today to meet Kinship Carers tomorrow to show our solidarity and support #ValueOurLove

There are NO borders in #kinshipcare this is universal . Families all over the world look after family ❤️ Different cultures but one cause keeping families together we have friends in USA and Australia different continents ONE goal the human right to family life #ValueOurLove

The Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿approach to kinship care in relation to recognition financially took many years to achieve . ALL kinship families UK wide should be supported financially and with supports . We are the fabric and the glue holding families together . Value Us Support Us

Thank you Kinship Carers for your fantastic hospitality to our chair yesterday and making them both feel so welcome and for giving Paul great memories . What an amazing bunch of carers and staff you have . We look forward to you coming to Scotland to see us . #ValueOurLove

It’s was great to see this week being recognised as #GlobalKinshipCareWeek there are NO borders in kinship care and nor should there be . All children have a right to be in family where they belong The Guardian Scottish Government Recognition of the caring role is essential so is support

With “Care Experienced” week this week we ask the same question we’ve asked for too many years When will “care experienced “ be legislated when will kinship Care be legislated ? Kinship wasn’t “talked about” times change we still await the answers

It was this DAMING testimony from micheleine Kane of the ScottishKinshipCare that told the story of 25 years fighting for the allowances not FOSTER or ADOPTION shame on you Scottish Government The Promise Scotland COSLA WITHOUT US ITS NOT ABOUT US ! Shameful The Labour Party The SNP Liberal Democrats

Kinship care is never a “ voluntary “ decision . Families all over the IK have to make these decisions then deal with the fallout later . Support for KINSHIP CARERS should be UK WIDE we stand with ALL KINSHIP home and abroad #kinshiprising #expectus Kinship Care Parliamentary Taskforce

There are more “looked after” children in kinship care in Scotland than in any other setting . Councils cannot afford to “outsource” privately any longer . Prevention will ALWAYS be better than “cure” for every child . End the profiteering start CARING #keepyourpromise Scottish Government

As said by our chair to Social Justice and Social Security Committee “We can’t feed our kids with love “ and Kinship saying “ You can’t pay with love “ . It’s time for universal change for kinship families everywhere . Scotland has ways to go but there is financial help for carers make it UK wide

Well done WD KINSHIP CARE on your 15 th birthday 🎂🎂and 1st year of Scotland’s only Kinship Family Support Centre #kinshipcareweek Natalie Don-Innes MSP Scottish Government The Promise Scotland WD KINSHIP CARE