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Helping Families, Helping Children. We work to improve the child welfare system to ensure more children can live safely in their families and children in care have loving relationships to turn to throughout life. Find us online at www.frg.org.uk
Text: Happy International Women's Day! Family Rights Group logo Photo of women from our family panels.
This #InternationalWomensDay, we’re celebrating the women on our family panels. Their lived experience, strength and insight are helping transform the child welfare system for families in the future.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/Iom350YowXa
Help us win £1,000 by nominating us for the Movement for Good Awards!
"Highly recommend Family Rights Group. Don't know how we could have got through the process without your support and advice. ❤️"
Nominate here: https://ow.ly/u4ht50Y5jXM 👈
Thank you!
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Text: "Before I had had no contact for 16 years with my dad's family. Now I can ring up and go around for a cup of tea and it's like I've always known them.' - Young person who benefited from Lifelong Links. Lifelong Links is a Family Rights Group innovation which builds lasting, loving relationships for children and young people in care. Photo of a young man. Family Rights Group logo and Lifelong Links logo
We all need people to turn to for practical & emotional support. Yet too often the care system breaks important relationships for children. Lifelong Links which seeks to change that - building lasting, loving relationships for children in care and care leavers: https://ow.ly/SN5m50YnVQ9
Graphic showing a purple map of England with seven highlighted local authorities piloting a financial allowance for kinship carers: Bexley, Bolton, Newcastle, North East Lincolnshire, Medway, Thurrock and Wiltshire. Family Rights Group logo in the corner.
Big news for kinship carers! The seven local authorities who will pilot offering weekly, non-means tested financial support to relatives and friends raising children who cannot live at home. https://frg.org.uk/news-blogs-and-vlogs/news/seven-local-authorities-selected-for-kinship-financial-pilot/
Do you advise people who may also be involved with children's services? There's still time to join our free online briefing for advice workers on the 3rd March 2026. Find out more and book your place: https://frg.org.uk/events/advice-worker-drop-in-family-rights-groups-online-briefing-march-2026/
Text: Do you work with families in England affected by adoption? Are they looking for support or information? Share our updated birth families support map with the families you work with: www.frg.org.uk/birth-families-map Image: Photo of a map with a pin in it. Family Rights Group logo. Adoption England logo.
We have updated the Birth Families Support Map for England, to make sure that families & organisations have access to the latest information on services available to parents and other birth relatives affected by adoption. Please share with the families you work with.
https://ow.ly/Rvnv50Yl4Hx
"I feel truly fortunate to be part of the Family Rights Group community. This experience has been really positive and unlike anything I've encountered before." Principal Practice Lead Family Rights Group logo
“I feel truly fortunate to be part of the Family Rights Group community. This experience has been really positive and unlike anything I’ve encountered before.” - Principal Practice Lead
Discover our Network membership options:
https://ow.ly/qmG050Y3J25🔗
Lottie holding up her hand with 'I CARE' and a red heart written on palm, promoting #CareDay.
"Hi, I'm Lottie, young people's participation officer at Family Rights Group and today on Care Day, I’m celebrating children & young people with care experience.
I’m grateful to every young person who shares their voice & insights with us. You're all helping to make a difference!"
#CareDay
The aim of Lifelong Links is to ensure that a child in care, or a care leaver, has a positive, loving support network that they can rely on. And we have plenty of evidence to show that it works.
Find out more about the impact of Lifelong Links: https://ow.ly/iFMY50YhegR
Text description: 'It's all relative' - a run down of key developments in kinship care law, policy and practice. Frances Edwards, Legal Advisor. Family Rights Group logo. Family Law Week logo. Photo of Frances Edwards.
#ICYMI
From the latest on the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill & recent cases in the Court of Appeal, to changes coming up in 2026, by our legal advisor Frances Edwards:
https://ow.ly/6oYG50YhbJj
Joint statement: Baby Victoria “A decade of high-quality research makes evident that recurrent care proceedings are a significant issue across England and Wales. We recognise the urgent need for coordinated, specialised, sustained, and compassionate trauma-informed support for parents before, during, and after care proceedings.” Family Rights Group logo
Alongside Research in Practice and other organisations working to innovate practice with parents, we have signed a joint statement welcoming recommendations from the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel’s report into the death of baby Victoria Marten.
Find out more: https://ow.ly/KaKj50YgKKE
Advice worker drop-in Tuesday 3rd March 10-11am Free online briefing: How Family Rights Group can support the families you work with Family Rights Group logo Phone of two women sat at desks talking to each other. One wears a headset.
Advice workers! Do you advise people who may also be involved with children's services? Join our free online briefing for advisers on the 3rd March 2026.
Find out more and book your place: https://frg.org.uk/events/advice-worker-drop-in-family-rights-groups-online-briefing-march-2026/
A photo of The King warmly shaking hands with Shanayd at the reception at Windsor Castle with other attendees in the background.
Here is our kinship carers’ panel member, Shanayd at Windsor Castle for a reception in recognition of carers. Shanayd shared with His Majesty that she is a kinship carer and explained the difficulties kinship families experience.
Find out more about kinship care: https://ow.ly/fPKe50YesrF
Join the network! FGC & Lifelong Links Network. Stay Connected. Stay Updated. Graphic of people icons connected by lines. Family Rights Group logo.
Are you a family group conference or Lifelong Links practitioner who wants to keep on top of the latest sector news and legislative changes, while learning from other professionals? Join our FGC and Lifelong Links Network:
https://ow.ly/WZIu50Y9rOT
Today the Government announced an extension of support for adoptive & kinship care families, along with a consultation on future reforms.
Read our response to the Government's announcement: https://ow.ly/wtnI50Yco8F
Promotional graphic from the Family Rights Group about advice resources for when a child is deprived of their liberty. It features a search bar with the query “What does it mean when a child is deprived of their liberty?” and a photo of a young person in a red sweater and headphones sitting cross-legged. The background is purple with white text offering free specialist advice for parents and carers. The Family Rights Group logo is displayed in the bottom right corner.
🔎 Worried about what deprivation of liberty means for children?
Family Rights Group has clear advice on DoLs & secure accommodation orders.
👉 Learn about your rights & get support
https://frg.org.uk/get-help-and-advice/what/deprivation-of-liberty-dols-and-secure-accommodation-orders-for-children/
For every £1 spent on Lifelong Links there is a potential cost avoided of £3.47. Find out more about Lifelong Links:
https://frg.org.uk/lifelong-links/
#LifelongLinks
Text: One week after calling Family Rights Group's Advice and Advocacy Service: 93% of families said that the advice line was helpful. 86% of families have a better understanding of what they have to do. 82% of families feel the call influenced their ability to cope.
After contacting our Advice & Advocacy Service:
✔️93% of families said that the advice line was helpful.
✔️86% of families have a better understanding of what they have to do.
✔️82% of families feel the call influenced their ability to cope.
Share to help others: https://frg.org.uk/get-help-and-advice/
Help us win £1,000 by nominating us for the Movement for Good Awards!
"Highly recommend Family Rights Group. Don't know how we could have got through the process without your support and advice. ❤️"
Nominate here: https://ow.ly/u4ht50Y5jXM 👈
Thank you!
Benefact Group
"I feel truly fortunate to be part of the Family Rights Group community. This experience has been really positive and unlike anything I've encountered before." Principal Practice Lead Family Rights Group logo
“I feel truly fortunate to be part of the Family Rights Group community. This experience has been really positive and unlike anything I’ve encountered before.” - Principal Practice Lead
Discover our Network membership options:
https://ow.ly/qmG050Y3J25🔗
Over 1/3 of children in care who have brothers & sisters, are separated from them. We are delighted that on Monday the Lords voted to strengthen the law around contact between brothers & sisters in & out of care.
Watch Baroness Tyler speak about sibling relationships in the House of Lords.📽️
Families have said that the family group conference process was the first time they felt involved and included in decision making about their own family. It is a voluntary process and families cannot be forced into one.
👉 https://ow.ly/hl2O50UIiIG
Our free telephone advice line will close today at 2pm for Christmas & will reopen at 9.30am on 2nd January 2026.
Meanwhile, our website contains advice & information on the child welfare system 👇
https://ow.ly/LZWp50XLwqi
Wishing you a peaceful Christmas & New Year 🌟
Today the Government has announced a new package of support for care leavers, including free prescriptions, dental care and eyecare for care leavers up to age 25.
https://frg.org.uk/news-blogs-and-vlogs/news/new-support-including-free-prescriptions-for-care-leavers/
Portrait of Baroness Hale of Richmond featured in Family Rights Group's 50th anniversary lecture.
'Looking back in order to look forward' - our 50th anniversary legal lecture delivered by Baroness Brenda Hale of Richmond, former President of the Supreme Court, was a major highlight of 2025.
Read the full lecture: https://ow.ly/QzVz50XLG36
Virtual meeting screenshot of Family Rights Group Parents' Panel with Janet Daby MP discussing family and children issues.
2025 highlight! Our panel of parents with lived experience of children's social care, met with then Minister for Children & Families, Janet Daby. As described by Angela Frazer Wicks, a "pivotal moment", "from being seen as part of the problem to being seen as part of the solution."
Join colleagues from Family Rights Group for a workshop on 29 January that will explore developing a Family Group Conference (FGC) service.
Sharing key messages from research and lived experience, this session will discuss the principles and current use of FGCs in the UK. https://ow.ly/KPHU50XGbkL
New video series from Family Rights Group 🌟
In this, our first clip, our adviser Lorraine explains what an SGO (Special Guardianship Order) is.
Please watch and share!📽️
And for more information on special guardianship orders visit: https://ow.ly/mIwc50XGMJg
"National Care Leavers Month comes once a year—but our stories, truths, and strength deserve attention every day." That's Salma's message, one of our Lifelong Links Ambassadors, who joined Barnardo's in Parliament this week to push for better support for care leavers #NCLM
Promotional graphic from the Family Rights Group about advice resources for when a child is deprived of their liberty. It features a search bar with the query “What does it mean when a child is deprived of their liberty?” and a photo of a young person in a red sweater and headphones sitting cross-legged. The background is purple with white text offering free specialist advice for parents and carers. The Family Rights Group logo is displayed in the bottom right corner.
🔎 Worried about what deprivation of liberty means for children?
Family Rights Group has clear advice on DoLs & secure accommodation orders.
👉 Learn about your rights & get support
https://frg.org.uk/get-help-and-advice/what/deprivation-of-liberty-dols-and-secure-accommodation-orders-for-children/
