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Raising Awareness of Kinship Care

Karen Steele is raising money for Family Rights Group
In memory of Amanda
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We want all children to thrive in their families and have loving relationships. We work to build an effective child welfare system to make that a reality. We advise parents and kinship carers, run projects like Lifelong Links for young people in care and we campaign for better support for families.

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<p> <div class="frp-message-body" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 1.4em; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffff; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; height: auto; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"> <p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">It is estimated that, in the UK alone, there are between 200,000 and 300,000 children living with Kinship families. &nbsp;This is your chance to help raise awareness of Kinship Care and support those children that are not able to live with their parents for a variety of, often tragic, reasons.</p> <p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">This page is dedicated to my late sister-in-law, Amanda, who suddenly passed away on 7th November 2005 leaving a 4 year old son. &nbsp;Kai came to live with us that day and all our lives changed forever. &nbsp;I had never heard of Kinship Care before that day.</p> <p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Help by showing your support and raising awareness of this issue. &nbsp;A donation of at least &pound;1 and I will send you a car sticker of our trademark blue handprints. &nbsp;Our aim is to have kinship carers and supporters, around the world, displaying this simple but poignant logo.</p> <p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">I have chosen Family Rights Group as one of my charities as they have been excellent at campaigning and lobbying for increased awareness of Kinship Care and I have met some lifelong friends at their events.</p> </div> </p>

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