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Kinship directory
Find useful advice and resources for kinship carers.
This directory includes council services, as well as charities and independent support services.
Allado
Allado is a collective of specialist practitioners. They support children and adults directly impacted by adverse childhood experiences.
Beacon House
Beacon House is a national specialist therapeutic service for young people, families and adults. With a special interest in working with individuals of all ages and communities who have experienced trauma and loss.
Capa First Response
Capa First Response is an online platform for families and professionals which supports those impacted by a child (up to 25 years of age) using harmful or aggressive behaviours towards a parent or caregiver.
Centre of Excellent in Child Trauma
The Centre of Excellence in Child Trauma (CoECT) delivers trauma-informed learning, therapeutic support, and a connected community to empower parents and professionals in supporting children with trauma experiences and neurodivergent characteristics.
Citizens Advice
Citizens Advice provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities
Citizens Advice Consumer Service
Get advice with a consumer problem from trained advisers. They will refer your complaint to our Trading Standards for investigation if required.
Connective Family
Connective Family offer a compassionate, trauma-informed approach to parenting and professional practice -rooted in NVR and built for real life.
Coram BAAF
Coram BAAF are the UK’s leading membership organisation for professionals working across adoption, fostering and kinship care.
Cranstoun - Level Up
Cranstoun’s Level Up Programme works with children and young people aged 11 to 18 who are showing signs of controlling and abusive behaviours towards family members or partners and supports them to change.
Family Rights Group (FRG)
Family Rights Group ensure that the child welfare and family justice system supports children to live safely and thrive within their family, while strengthening the family and community ties of those children who cannot live at home.
Kinship
Kinship is a leading kinship care charity in England and Wales. They support kinship carers who step up to raise a child when their parents aren’t able to.
Kinship Care Team
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KinshipCareAdmin@brighton-hove.gov.uk
The Kinship care team provide support and advice to kinship carers in Brighton & Hove.