Kinsfolk Carers Edinburgh is a Edinburgh based charity support group for kinship carers. Kinship carers care full time for children who cannot live with their parents‚ for many different reasons.

These could be bereavement‚ neglect‚ parental drug or alcohol misuse. Many children are prevented from entering local authority care. Kinship Carers can be grandparents‚ aunties‚ uncles‚ brothers‚ sisters etc or even close family friends.

Kinship Carers care for children in difficult situations in Edinburgh and all over Scotland. We work in connection with other support groups all over the UK to provide support and guidance in the time of need

Did you know .......

As many as 1 in 10 grandparents may be looking after not only their grandchildren‚ but an elderly parent as well. Their status is not recognised‚ they are not paid and the government doesn't recognise their important role as carers.

Our Aims

• To campaign for a change in policies within Government by highlighting issues unique to grandparents who are acting as full time parents and carers to their grandchildren.
  
  
• To Campaign for a new type of allowance that will be paid to grandparents and kinship carers that are caring for their grandchildren or relatives children on a full time basis, this benefit to be on par with the present day foster allowances and be non means tested
  
  
• To campaign for a full care package to be put in place on the arrival of any grandchild or grandchildren
  
  
• To interact with other grandparent support groups in Great Britain and maintain contact with other professional groups and people
  
  

How we got here ......

In 2005 a group of grandparents started up a grandparents group and listening centre. This was identified as there was lack of support for family carers. In the three years we have assisted others who were in need of support, we have increased from one drop in centre to three a week throughout Edinburgh.

We have helped to facilitate another two orgainastions in Edinburg, who are now up and running independantly. We would like to thank Simpson House and HBOS Group Services for there initial involvment and support into getting us where we are now.

What we are doing now ....

We are activley sourcing current information to provide kinship carers, such as with kinship care payments, accessing other forms of support and training.

We are continousley fund raising to reach our goal to provide a holiday caravan for families to give an oppertunity to enjoy time away, which would otherwise be out of reach for many families.

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