Newcastle Kinship Carers Welcome £126m Pilot to Help 'Overlooked' Families

Newcastle kinship carers welcome £126m pilot to help 'overlooked' families

Newcastle has been named as one of seven pilot areas for new support for kinship carers, which will include a finanical allowance equivalent to the help offered to foster families

Carers of 300-plus children to receive new weekly allowance

A local authority has been selected to take part in a national pilot for kinship carers to be paid the same as foster carers.

Government commits £126m to kinship care pilot across seven local authority areas

Seven Kinship Zones will be launched across England where eligible kinship carers could receive the equivalent funding to foster carers