Kinship Carers

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Advice, information and support for grandparents, great-grandparents, other relatives, or close family friends to bring up children when biological parents are unable to do so.

What is Kinship?

Kinship care is where a child or young person lives full-time with a relative or family friend because they are not able to live with their birth parents.

Kinship Carers Liverpool can provide:

Someone to talk with about your current kinship role and any challenges you may be facing. Our experienced team members can do this through phone and/or face to face support, providing advice, information and signposting to relevant services related to your concerns or issues related to caring for a kin child. Call us to arrange a convenient time to meet or have a chat on the phone.

Free information pages on a range of kinship issues on our website:

• about kinship care: what it is and how you can get support
• guidance about how to contact local services/the local authority to get support
• signposting and resources to help in relation to education, early help and well-being support for yourself and you kin child/young person
• links to national kinship organisations and resources
• a listing of local legal advice including free Law Clinics
• information about Legal Aid and how to find out if you are eligible

Kinship Carers Activities Programme

For kin families, carers and children/young people with a calendar of events. The below is a guidance only. Check the event calendar on the website.

• Coffee morning at Ellergreen Community Centre – Wednesday 10am – 12pm term time – Join us for some relaxation, a chat, support and refreshments
• Pamper day – Friday 11.30-2.30pm- massage, beauty, nails, refreshments – come along for some relaxing ‘me’ time.
• Coffee morning at Garston Children’s Centre, 70 Banks Road, L19 8JZ – Friday 10am – 12pm term time – Join us for some relaxation, a chat, support and refreshments