To mark Kinship Care week 2025 Amanda is joined by Dr. Braden Clark, Founder and CEO of Relate Services and co-author of Family’s latest publication; Strengthening Kinship Care in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Kinship care is the most widely used form of alternative care globally. And can lead to better outcomes in health, education, and emotional well-being than other forms of alternative care, yet it is often under resourced and poorly supported.

Amanda and Braden discuss the limitations of current child protection systems, and highlights the urgent need for culturally inclusive, community-led solutions which reflect the lived experience of kinship carers and the children they care for.

To find out more about Kinship Care week visit: familyforeverychild.org/global-kinship-care-week

And sign up to our community of practice at: changemakersforchildren.community/landing-page/kinship-care-community

This is the third of three podcasts focusing on approaches to support the integration of Children on the Move from the Middle East and other countries to Europe. Since 2020 Family for Every Child member organizations in Italy, Greece, Germany, UK and Lebanon have been working together to develop, share and implement practices. This process of collaboration led to the creation of the Supporting Integration toolkit, designed for practitioners working with children and young people on the move.

In this episode Georgina Bereton Etheridge, Programme Advisor at Family for Every Child is joined by Friederike Vorwergk from Flüchtlingsrat Niedersachsen (The Refugee Council of Lower Saxony) to discuss the the integration of unaccompanied children and young people on the move into Europe, with a particular focus on Germany.

As of late 2023, there were around 41,800 unaccompanied minors under the responsibility of German services, primarily from Afghanistan and Syria. Friederike highlights challenges such as long waiting times for asylum decisions, lack of guardians, and inadequate accommodation.

The "Know Your Rights" project which provides information and support to young refugees and youth welfare professionals. Friederike emphasises the need for international solidarity, proper implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and a shift in political discourse to prioritise refugee rights and participation.

This is the second of three podcasts focusing on approaches to support the integration of Children on the Move from the Middle East and other countries to Europe. Since 2020 Family for Every Child member organizations in Italy, Greece, Germany, UK and Lebanon have been working together to develop, share and implement practices. This process of collaboration led to the creation of the Supporting Integration toolkit, designed for practitioners working with children and young people on the move.

In this episode Laura Bianconi, Head of International Projects, Research and Training at Programma Integra (PI) is joined by her colleague Elisa Moscato to discuss how PI supports this group of children and young people when they arrive in Italy, and beyond. They discuss the challenges faced by unaccompanied minors in Italy, and PI’s work to support their integration, which ranges across language, documentation, access to education and work opportunities, physical and mental healthcare, ensuring they are clear about their rights, and more. The importance of relationship building and trust is also highlighted.

This episode has been recorded in Italian. You can find the English transcript here.