Join Us to Celebrate Ireland’s Kinship Care Week 2025 this October 6th-10th
This October 6th-10th, we will proudly celebrate Ireland’s second-ever Kinship Care Week.
On behalf of the 10,000-12,000 children and young people in Ireland who live full-time in the care of relatives and friends, we are calling on all allies of kinship care to come together to champion, support, and spotlight kinship families. Let’s show kinship families we know that their #KinshipCareCounts.
We are joining our global allies from 38 countries in recognising the strength and contribution of kinship families worldwide. Together, we can shine a light on the diverse, resilient, and inspiring kinship families in every community across Ireland.
The needs of kinship families intersect with those addressed by organisations working across many areas; including family support, children’s services, mental health, bereavement, healthcare, education, addiction, displacement, domestic violence, child rights, poverty eradication, care, and child welfare. That's why we are outreaching as many services as we can, to invite you to reflect on the support needs of kinship families within your communities, and to get involved in the week in any way you can.
The Department of Children, Disability and Equality (DCDE) have begun vital policy work to support kinship families. But DCDE cannot do this work alone, kinship care needs span health, housing, education, welfare, and justice. To truly protect children in kinship care, we need a whole-of-government response, this week of awareness raising is to promote this necessary response, as per our Programme for Government 2025 commitment.
To support your organisation’s participation:
- Register for our FREE webinars happening throughout the week, open to your team, people availing of your service, or any kinship carers you support. Contact info@kinshipcare.ie for more information or see our webpage.
- One quick and simple way to show your support, is by signing and sharing our petition on your social media;
https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/join-our-call-for-cross-departmental-support-of-kinship-care-in-ireland#:~:text=Sign%20and%20share%20this%20petition,every%20child%20in%20kinship%20care.
Please tag Kinship Care Ireland and use the hashtags when sharing content to help us reach more kinship carers and organisations.
#KinshipCareWeek2025 #KinshipCareCounts
Let’s show up for those who step up this Kinship Care Week 2025.
Useful Links:
Website: www.kinshipcare.ie
Instagram: @kinshipcareireland