It’s Kinship Care Week from 5-11 October!
Kinship Care Week is an opportunity to recognise, celebrate and spread awareness of kinship families across England and Wales and the incredible role that kinship carers play in children’s lives and society.
Across England and Wales, more than 141,000 children are being raised in kinship care, growing up in loving and stable homes that keep them connected to their families, roots and community.
Kinship carers can include grandparents, aunts, uncles, older siblings, and family friends who take in children often at a moment’s notice and with little to no preparation. They may be caring under a legal arrangement like a Special Guardianship Order or as a kinship foster carer or be raising children informally without a legal order.
Whatever their situation, they all play a crucial role in giving children, most of whom would otherwise be in the care system, safety, stability and belonging.
Kinship Care Week reminds us that there is a powerful community of kinship carers who share their experiences in many different ways to help other kinship carers feel less lonely and isolated.
Upcoming events this Kinship Care Week
| What | Date | Time |
| Kinship Care Week Afternoon Tea | 6/10/2026 | 11am-2pm |
| Cake sale (Observatory House) | 7/10/2026 | 10am-2pm |
| Kinship Care Week Pampering Session | 8/10/2026 | Please speak to Kinship Team |
