Category: Kinship Care
Financial Support for Kinship Carers
Kinship carers often don’t know that they are entitled to financial support when caring for their relatives. Unfortunately, this is […]
Ridley & Hall launches a new website to support Grandparents and to protect their rights
Our Mission Mature clients are at a time in life when they are supporting elderly parents, grown up children and […]
Remember Maureen Barrett – a battling grandmother who fought for underpaid kinship carers
Maureen Barrett has died. There were no obituaries for her in the local paper – but Maureen was a special […]
Ridley & Hall hits Cornwall for kinship carers masterclass
Our Kinship Care specialist Helen Moody was invited to attend an event in Cornwall last week organised and run by […]
Negative Viability Assessments – can they be challenged?
A recent good practice publication by the Family Rights Group has sparked discussion around Local Authority Viability Assessments and how […]
Brilliant result for kinship carers as High Court rule 2 child benefit limit unlawful
In April 2017, a new 2 child limit on child benefits came in which saw parents claiming child benefit and […]
Beast from the East did not stop us: Kinship Care Specialist Team take time out of the office to train Newcastle carers
After the success of our kinship carers training event at Ridley & Hall offices in Huddersfield, our specialist kinship carer […]
Caring aunt wins triple victory and celebrates the battling skills of her solicitors
An Aunt who had been massively let down by her Local Authority is celebrating a triple victory. After taking on […]
Where would children be without Kinship Care?
It is estimated that 200-300,000 children in the United Kingdom who cannot live with their parents are being brought up […]
Middlesbrough Kinship Carers Conference, Helen Moody Kinship Care Solicitor had her say…
Wednesday 27th September 2017 I was honoured to be asked to speak at the Middlesbrough Kinship Carers Conference on Wednesday […]
