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New campaign to improve support to children on the brink of care

Currently many grandparents and other family and friends carers raising children on the brink of care, receive little or any support from the local authority.  Yet many of these carers are impoverished, living in overcrowded accommodation and are raising extremely distrubed children.

Family Rights Group is leading the campaign to amend the Children and Young Persons Bill to end the current postcode lottery and improve financial and other support services available to family and friends carers. Write to your MP today to persuade them to support these amendments

We have drafted a letter that family and friends carers may want to use when writing to their MP, download here.

You can also download the proposed amendment to the Children and Young Persons Bill: Support for family and friends carers 

Children and Young Persons Bill

Aside from the amendment on family and friends care support, Family Rights Group is also proposing the following amendments to the Children and Young Persons Bill that is before Parliament: 

a) Entitlement to be offered an FGC 

b) Contact with siblings

c) Independence of Independent Reviewing Officers

Family Rights Group has produced a briefing in advance of the second reading of the Children and Young People's Bill which is now before Parliament.  Click here to download the briefing and appendix.

Getting fit in aid of Family Rights Group

In 2007 Family Rights Group's first running team raised a fabulous £5000. 

We are now recruiting runners for the July 2008 British 10k London run.   Whether you are an experienced marathon runner or a complete running novice, we'd love to have you as part of our team.  It's a fun event, there's no pressure to finish within a ridiculous time, and at the same time as running/jogging you get to see the amazing sights of central London without any cars getting in your way. 

Each runner has a target of raising £300. The monies we raise will enable us to campaign for legislative and practice changes that would enable:

- more  vulnerable children, who would otherwise be in care, to be raised safely and securely by grandparents and other relatives and

- these children and carers to receive the practical and financial support they need, including help with managing contact.

It's really a win/win situation - you get fit and we receive monies for our essential work with families.

Please email cashley@frg.org.uk if interested.