How the Project is Being Delivered

The EU Kinship Carers Project is a three year project across 7 countries and is being coordinated by Mentor UK, the drug prevention charity.

The partners on the project are from Belgium, Italy, Lithuania, Romania, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Aims

Our partnership aims to improve the quality of prevention programmes targeting children and young people living with kinship carers, thus preventing vulnerable children and young people from experiencing harm as a consequence of alcohol or drug use.

Using the learning from earlier work this project will support kinship carers to protect children in their care from the harms caused by drugs and alcohol misuse.

Project Timetable

2008/09

  • Conduct research to assess the needs of kinship carers;
  • Produce a literature review

2009/10

  • Develop, pilot and disseminate local prevention materials;

2010/11

  • Produce and disseminate Europe-wide pack of training and resources for professionals; and
  • Produce a report detailing the key findings from the project.

Funding

The EU Kinship Carers Project is receiving funding from the European Union in the framework of the Public Health Programme.

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