What financial help am I entitled to as a kinship carer workshop
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Who is this workshop for?
This workshop is open to kinship carers living in England and Wales. A kinship carer is someone who has stepped in to raise a child or children when their parents can’t.
If you live in Wales, not all the information in this workshop will be relevant, but it might still be helpful.
This workshop is for kinship carers in England looking for information about financial support.
What will be covered?
The workshop will include information about:
Welfare benefits
- means tested benefits such as child benefit, universal credit, pension credit etc
- other benefits available (non-means tested support)
Local authority/children services
- what support is available under special guardianship orders (SGO), child arrangements orders (CAO) and informal kinship arrangements
- kinship fostering allowance, what it is and the need to be self-employed
Other sources of financial support for kinship carers
- grants available
- child maintenance
After the workshop you will receive a handout and the presentation slides via email along with a feedback survey.
Important – how to join the workshop
All workshops will be held online using a free platform called Zoom. Please note that numbers are limited for each session to around 12-15 people to allow you to meet other kinship carers.
You can access Zoom through a desktop computer, laptop, tablet or even your phone. You may need to download Zoom before you join, please factor in time to do that. The best experience will be through a computer or laptop. Watch a video on how to join a Zoom meeting.
Please make sure you:
- sign in to Zoom before joining the workshop
- click on the Zoom link in the email we sent you
- make sure you join on time – late joiners might not be admitted after 15 minutes
- have a pen / pencil and paper to make notes
About Naomi:
Naomi is an Advice Workshop Facilitator at Kinship. She has a background in Special Educational Needs and before joining Kinship she worked for another charity offering advice and workshops for vulnerable families in her local area. Naomi says: “When you join a workshop with me it will feel like you are being listened to, you are not alone and your questions are answered.”
"I thought I knew quite a bit about kinship caring after 5-6 years of legal and court proceedings. I was very encouraged with the workshop which was very accessible and both helpful from the presentation as well as the individual comments and tips raised by attendees."
What happens if you need to cancel your place?
We understand that life gets in the way sometimes, so if you need to cancel your place please do try and let us know as soon as possible.
You’ll be able to do this through:
- the email confirmation you received when you first booked
- or by emailing us on: workshops@kinship.org.uk
