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Support and benefits you can get if you're looking after someone else's child, court orders - kinship care, private fostering, friends and family care
Information for employers on supporting kinship carers in the workplace and how to be a kinship-friendly employer.
Key themes and considerations that stakeholders have identified as relevant when designing a kinship local offer.
Guidance on delivering the kinship allowance pilot and other kinship support, such as family network support packages.
How local authorities should support children who are cared for by extended family, friends or connected persons and their families.
Guidance for local authorities on how to express an interest in applying to become part of the Kinship Allowance Pilot.
Jahnine is the National Kinship Care Ambassador and a member of the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel. First appointed to the panel in November 2021 and reappointed in November 2025 for a further 3 years. She brings 28 years of...
Detailed characteristics of children living in kinship care and households containing kinship care arrangements in 2021.
This tax information and impact note explains the Income Tax treatment of kinship allowances paid under the Kinship Zones pilot scheme.
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