10/10/2026
It's Kinship Care Week, so we're shining a light on the vital role of kinship carers who step up to raise a child.
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 are 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 giving children, most of whom would otherwise be in the care system, safety, stability and belonging.
This Kinship Care Week, we’re celebrating the unbreakable bonds at the heart of kinship families – and the communities they build to support one another - while highlighting the realities of stepping up to care for a child who has had a difficult start in life.
This Kinship Care week we want the experiences of kinship families to be seen, heard, and better understood.
Learn more about Kinship Care, here: https://orlo.uk/BAcy0
