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To speak to an adviser, please call our free and confidential advice line 0808 801 0366 (Monday to Friday 9.30am to 3pm, excluding Bank Holidays). Or you can ask us a question via email using our advice enquiry form.
We provide advice to parents, grandparents, relatives, friends and kinship carers who are involved with children’s services in England or need their help. We can help you understand processes and options when social workers or courts are making decisions about your child’s welfare.
Our advice service is free, independent and confidential.
To speak to an adviser, please call our free and confidential advice line 0808 801 0366 (Monday to Friday 9.30am to 3pm, excluding Bank Holidays). Or you can ask us a question via email using our advice enquiry form.
Our online advice forums are an anonymous space where parents and kinship carers (also known as family and friends carers) can get legal and practical advice, build a support network and learn from other people’s experiences.
Our get help and advice section describes the processes that you and your family are likely to go through, so that you know what to expect. Our webchat service can help you find the information and advice on our website which will help you understand the law and your rights.
Family Rights Group has been undertaking research into kinship care for more than twenty years.
In 1999 the Family Policy Unit in the Home Office agreed to fund Family Rights Group’s proposal to conduct a national survey of grandparents raising their grandchildren. The resulting report by Alison Richards, entitled Second Time Around was published in 2001.
We have since undertaken research, conducted surveys and drawn up a number of practice guidance, resulting in more than twenty publications on kinship care.
Some of the more recent of these publications are listed below and can be downloaded for free or purchased online.
By Professor Joan Hunt and commissioned by Family Rights Group
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