We will provide emergency support to kinship families in Sunderland to help them through covid 19
We will provide emotional support, food and essentials and children's activity packs to kinship families in Sunderland to help them through covid 19. Kinship families often have difficult and complex lives and struggle at the best of times and as there is no statutory responsibility for local authorities to support them they often receive little or no support. Kinship children often display extremely challenging behaviour and often have conditions such as autism, adhd or fetal alcohol syndrome. Being in isolation will be extremely difficult for these families and without support their is a risk of the child's placement breaking down resulting in the child being returned to the care system. There is also a risk of these children experiencing hunger as their carers struggle with the increased costs of feeding them now the children can't attend school. Some kinship children can also be extremely violent towards their carers and so there is an increased risk of harm to the carer.
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Why it's a great idea:
*carers will feel supported *reduced risk of carer developing poor mental health *families will have food and essentials *reduced temptation to leave the house during covid 19 *reduced risk of infection *increased carer resilience *children will be happy and occupied *reduced challenging behaviour *reduced risk of child to parent violence *reduced risk of the child being returned to the care system
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VolunteerMore than Grandparents is a small local charity based in Sunderland ran by kinship carers for kinship families. The charity was developed in response to the lack of support experienced by kinship carers when taking on responsibility for family members child. There is no statutory responsibility for local authorities to support these families so often they receive little or no support from statutory organisations. Often it is the grandparents who take on the role of kinship carer and often they have their own life limiting health conditions, often they have additional caring responsibilities, often they are struggling financially as a direct result of taking responsibility for someone else's child. Often the children they care for display challenging behaviour or have conditions such as autism, adhd or foetal alcohol syndrome. Often kinship children can be violent towards their carers and its the carer themselves that becomes vulnerable. In addition they are often struggling to manage extremely difficult relationships with the child's parents and having to supervise contact between the child and its parents.
More than Grandparents offers much needed emotional support either on a 1-1 basis or via peer support sessions. We also provide children's activities during holidays and after school helping to reduce the cost of keeping children entertained and addressing holiday hunger. We are described as a life line by the families we support.
Project Owner: More than Grandparents The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
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