The Relative Experience
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Overview
Throughout the UK around 200,000 grandparents and other family members are raising a child because their parents are unable to care for them, often because of very difficult family circumstances.
These grandparents, aunts, uncles and other relatives - known as 'kinship carers' - often struggle to cope with very little support and can feel isolated and alone. If you are a kinship carer living in the North East, the Relative Experience Project is here to help.
The Relative Experience project is run by three well known charities: Grandparents Plus, Family Lives and the Family and Childcare Trust. It is funded by the Big Lottery Silver Dreams Fund, which focuses on projects supporting people aged 50 and over.
Support available
- Support, information or advice, or a listening ear for kinship carers
- Providing a befriender to offer individual support to any kinship carer.
- Local Support Groups - meet on a regular basis in a community venue and provide a chance for kinship carers and the children they care for to meet, share concerns, ideas and have some fun
- Signposting to relevant services for further information and advice together
Who can access the service
Kinship carers in the North East of England.
How to access the service
Please contact the service directly using the details provided.