Community Survey: Listening to kinship carers and families

About this survey:

Every local authority has to publish a Kinship Local Offer. This explains the support they say is available for families where children are being raised by relatives or close family friends.

We are asking kinship carers in your area and across the South-East of England to share their experiences, so local authorities can understand what support is really like in everyday life.

Your answers are anonymous.

We will share what you tell us with the local authority in your area, but not your name or any personal details.

We will also share the overall results from everyone who takes part with all local authorities across the South-East of England.

Our aim is to make sure your views are heard and taken seriously.

Kinship, the national charity, are helping to collect and share as many family's experiences as possible.

The survey will take around 10-12 minutes.

You can skip any question.

Local authorities have told us that these are key priority areas. Please indicate which are your top 3 priority areas below:

Please tell us how much you agree with the following statements:

All carers raising children with relatives are important.

We also know that some carers are less often heard from, and that there are times when local authorities may need to do more to listen.

This question helps us understand whose voices we are hearing, and where more listening and support may be needed.

Do any of these describe you? (Select all that apply).

How well do you feel your local authority understands families where children are being raised by relatives or close family friends?

If your arrangement is formal (for example, a court order):

If your arrangement is informal (no court order):

How do you usually hear about kinship care support or information? (select all that apply)

Which of these would make the biggest positive difference to your family? (Tick the options that feel most important).

Please select your 3 top priority items from the items you checked above:

If you'd like us to keep you updated with news, updates and information that may be helpful to you, you can share your contact details below. This is completely optional.

Kinship is committed to making only responsible use of your data. By agreeing to our data protection policy you give consent for us to keep you up to date on news, events, campaigns, free training and support services, personalised information and helpful resources by email, text, direct mail and telephone.

For further details you can view our privacy policy at

https://kinship.org.uk/privacy/

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Please allow 5 working days to update your details.