Resources for kinship carers
- Adfam (support with substance abuse)
- Children and Young People's Service (A single service for all children and young people aged 0-18 years living in Gateshead or Newcastle who present with mental health difficulties)
- Citizens Advice Gateshead (general impartial advice)
- Daisy Chain (support with autistic and neurodiverse children)
- Family Rights Group (independent confidential advice supporting families to work with social workers and understand law and their rights)
- Gateshead Council complaints procedure
- Gateshead Family Hubs (providing support for families in Gateshead)
- Gateshead Virtual School (promoting the educational achievement of looked after children)
- Growing Healthy 0-19 Gateshead (an integrated service for families, expectant mothers, children and young people
- Health Visitor Services Gateshead (for families with children 0-5)
- Kinship UK (advice and workshops for kinship carers)
- More Than Grandparents (independent charity offering support to kinship carers)
- PAC-UK (independent adoption support agency)
- SEND local offer (information for children and young people aged 0-25 years with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families)
- Young Women's Outreach Project (specialist advice to young women aged 11 to 19)
Contact us
Kinship Care Team
Gateshead Council
Civic Centre
Regent Street
Gateshead
NE8 1HH
0191 433 3195