Kinship care across the world

A number of countries have kinship care organisations that provide support and advocacy for kinship carers. Their websites (click on the logos) provide much information about developments.

• Long years of advocacy by Grandparents Raising Grandchildren New Zealand led to a national Unsupported Child’s Benefit pegged at the rate of the national foster care allowance.
• Kinship (England & Wales) is currently campaigning for a national kinship care allowance.
• Ireland has a non-means tested Guardian’s Payment of €227 per week per child (2025 rate) for informal kinship carers where the parents are deceased, unknown, or have abandoned and failed to provide for the child. The carer does not have to have the legal status of Guardian.

The logos below link to information about each organisation.