{"id":5080,"date":"2017-06-08T16:57:17","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T15:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ark.ac.uk\/ap\/?page_id=5080"},"modified":"2017-10-31T11:07:07","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T11:07:07","slug":"grandparents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ark.ac.uk\/ap\/people\/vfellow\/anna-tarrant\/grandparents\/","title":{"rendered":"grandparents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Exploring inequalities in caring: grandparents\u2019 experiences of kinship care from multiple perspectives<br \/>\n7 June 2017, Queen&#8217;s University Belfast<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The aim of this workshop was to explore issues related to older kinship carers from different perspectives \u2013 research, personal experience, NGO organisations, practitioners, and policy. <strong>\u00a0<\/strong>This event was organised in conjunction with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ark.ac.uk\/ap\/bsgni\">British Society of Gerontology Northern Ireland<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keele.ac.uk\">Keele University<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Session 1: Message from research<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Reflections on inequalities experienced by kinship carers in the UK: insights from research: <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ark.ac.uk\/ap\/people\/vfellow\/anna-tarrant\/\">Anna Tarrant<\/a> (University of Lincoln)\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ark.ac.uk\/ap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/res1.pdf\">Slides<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<em><em>Hearing the voice of kinship foster carers in Northern Ireland: Mandi MacDonald (<a href=\"http:\/\/pure.qub.ac.uk\/portal\/en\/persons\/mandi-macdonald(d0624593-69ea-4126-a560-8bb82cc0c010).html\" target=\"_blank\">Queen&#8217;s University Belfast<\/a>) and Kathleen Toner (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Fostering Network<\/a>)\u00a0 <\/em><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UusDt62x_Uk\" target=\"_blank\">Video<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ark.ac.uk\/ap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/res2.pdf\">Slides\u00a0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk\/sites\/www.fostering.net\/files\/public\/resources\/publications\/kinship_report_ni.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Session 2: Carers and Practitioners<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Caring for kin: <\/em>Michelle O\u2019Neill (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kinshipcareni.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kinship Care NI<\/a>) and Rose Hughes (kinship carer) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V6DWkhCRtfU\" target=\"_blank\">Video<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ark.ac.uk\/ap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/kc.pdf\">Slides<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Kinship Care in the Western Health and Social Care Trust: <\/em>Mark Cocks and Dympna Brogan (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.westerntrust.hscni.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">WHSCT<\/a>)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vv17xGwDvOE\" target=\"_blank\">Video<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ark.ac.uk\/ap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/wt.pdf\">Slides<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ark.ac.uk\/ap\/people\/ac\/\">Alexandra Chapman<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ark.ac.uk\/ap\/people\/vfellow\/anna-tarrant\/\">Anna Tarran<\/a>t published the Policy Brief\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ark.ac.uk\/pdfs\/policybriefs\/policybrief11.pdf\">Exploring inequalities in the context of kinship care<\/a>, based on this event.<\/p>\n<p>Gemma Carney wrote a blog based on this event: <a href=\"https:\/\/ageingissues.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/07\/grandparents-experiences-of-kinship-care-repair-and-rescue-rather-than-pleasure-and-leisure\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grandparent\u2019s Experiences of Kinship Care \u2013 Repair and Rescue, rather than Pleasure and\u00a0Leisure<\/a><strong>,<\/strong> which was published on <a href=\"https:\/\/ageingissues.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ageing Issues<\/a> (British Society of Gerontology)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-5080\" data-postid=\"5080\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-5080 themify_builder\">\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exploring inequalities in caring: grandparents\u2019 experiences of kinship care from multiple perspectives 7 June 2017, Queen&#8217;s University Belfast &nbsp; 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