
Discussion Boards
For advice from our advisers, or to get online support from other people in a similar position to you, visit the parents or family and friends carers forums. To explore new research and to discuss ideas with practitioners and families, visit the FGC Network forum.

FAQs
We have answered the most commonly asked questions put to FRG advisers. Please follow the links to see a list of questions and answers, grouped together by subject.

Advice Sheets
For more detailed information, please see our range of advice sheets on family support, child protection, looked after children, family and friends care, adoption or challenging decisions.

Films
Family Rights Group has produced films for families to help ‘demystify’ the child welfare system. View fictionalised cases which show what happens when a child protection conference is held and similarly when a family group takes place.
Latest
Four day virtual family group conference training for new co-ordinators
A virtual course for those with some knowledge of family group conferencing and child care planning processes who wish to increase their understanding and necessary skills to co-ordinate a family group conference. We have various dates in 2021.
Find out more and book your place hereNew survey reveals severe strains on kinship carers
A new Covid report from the Parliamentary Taskforce on Kinship Care shows that kinship carers are facing severe strains on their capacity to balance health, financial hardship and the wellbeing and educational needs of children who might otherwise be in the care system.
Read the report hereFirst Thought Not Afterthought: Report of the Parliamentary Taskforce on Kinship Care
This is the report of the first parliamentary inquiry into kinship care. It sets out the Taskforce’s findings, vision for the future and key recommendations. Read the report and its executive summary, and watch the report launch.
Read the report here