A confidential and free telephone helpline, advice, information, training and support is provided to grandparents and other family members who have taken on the care of a child in very difficult and traumatic circumstances. Kinship Care NI's work with children and young people includes a specialist Advocacy Service, Peer Support and a range of social opportunities to help children come to terms with their earlier life experiences.

Kinship Care NI is the only organisation in Northern Ireland which focuses exclusively on supporting kinship carers and their children. In 2017/18 we helped and supported 929 carers and 846 children and young people. Kinship carers and the children they care for need to know someone cares and that they are not alone. Kinship Care NI ensures kinship carers and the children and young people they care for are given every opportunity imaginable for them to realise and achieve their potential

Kinship carers and children and young people in kinship care report feeling more confident, less isolated and better informed about making decisions affecting their lives. Children and young people say their confidence has improved, they have learned new skills and made new friends. The work we do keeps families together and helps build the resilience and resourcefulness of both kinship carers and their children.