Kinship families need to be valued
We need to fully recognise ‘kinship care’ within Ireland, says Kinship Care Ireland Co-ordinator LAURA DUNLEAVY A STARTING point is to ask and explain what is Kinship Care? Kinship Care is when children are cared for by a relative, or close family friend when a parent is unable to. This can be for a wide […]
Opinion: ‘We knew we would parent our grandson, we had no choice, but we also had no support’
https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/kinship-care-6244007-Dec2023/ One Kinship Carer says there are about 8,000 children in Ireland living with relatives that aren’t their parents, and they’re not receiving any financial support. WHAT IS KINSHIP Care? It is the instance where children are cared for by a relative, or close family friend when a parent is unable to provide that care. […]
Launch of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use
Download the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use Press Release ‘AN IRISH MODEL FOR AN IRISH CONTEXT ‘- CITIZENS’ ASSEMBLY ON DRUGS USE PUBLISHES FINAL REPORT AND 36 RECOMMENDATIONS Chair Paul Reid calls for immediate implementation of findings to support and resource drugs services Minister with responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy welcomes […]
Call for Policy to fully recognise Kinship Care within Ireland
Both a spokesperson for Kinship Care Ireland and a Kinship Carer are available for media interview. Issued by Kinship Care IrelandWednesday, September 27, 2023. All Kinship Care arrangements need a policy for inclusion in social services A call has been made to formally recognise all circumstances of Kinship Care in Ireland – and to provide […]
Highlighting the Rights of Children and Young People growing up in the Care of Relatives and Family Friends
We are delighted that the Ombudsman for Children has drawn attention to the situation of children and young people in informal Kinship Care, in the Report of the Ombudsman for Children’s Office to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child pursuant to the combined fifth and sixth reports submitted by Ireland under the […]
Connecting with Our Colleagues in Family Resource Centres!
Kinship Care was delighted to attend the Family Resource Centre National Forum Event in Athlone, on October 12th 2022. Family Resource Centres provide much needed hubs within communities, where kinship carers can access support. See: https://www.familyresource.ie/
A Grandmother’s Story
Our colleagues in ICAAN have produced this video with support from the North-East Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force and the Family Addiction Support Network in the Northeast, featuring a Grandmother who shared her story of taking on the care of her grandchildren. It is an experience that many grandparent kinship carers will relate to.
Kinship Care and Children’s Rights
Kinship Care Ireland was delighted to have an input into the submission made by Dr Aoife Daly, Lecturer in Law, University College Cork, to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, for the Day of General Discussion on “Children’s Rights and Alternative Care” in September 2021. Dr Daly examines the rights of children […]
Join our online monthly Support Group for Kinship Carers, starting on Thursday 20th January!
Following our Self Care and Compassion workshops which ran in late 2021, facilitator Marianne Dwyer has agreed to provide a monthly online self-care and compassion group for Kinship Carers. If you would like to join in, please contact emma@kinshipcare.ie for more information.
A recent study has highlighted the situation of many kinship carers in Ireland.
Read the Article, which the research team in UCC, kindly shared with Kinship Care Ireland. ‘Private Family Arrangements’ for Children in Ireland: The Informal Grey Space In-Between State Care and the Family Home Click here to download this research