Kindred Scotland

Carnival Day at Edinburgh's RHCYP

Kindred had a fantastic day on Tuesday with the families and staff at Edinburgh's Children and Young People's Hospital Carnival Day. Lots of fun was had at the event where Kindred held a name the teddy event. Our thanks go to Ben and his mum for drawing out the winning tickets.

The event was organised through Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity and Ronald McDonald House Edinburgh. Thank you
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😍 Kindred very much enjoyed taking part in Carnival Day and spending time with families and our friends at RHCYP.

Baby Mabel was on holiday in Edinburgh, and needed emergency treatment after becoming seriously unwell. A very scary and overwhelming time for all the family. The Critical Care team referred the family to Kindred for support.
We're so happy to hear how well you're doing Mabel, and loving the happy photo of you with your sisters! ❤

We've supported Leo and his family since they were referred to us when Leo was a few weeks old. He was in hospital for over a year, but is now home with mum and dad! (And like mum and dad is super happy about being home!!) ❤

Get in touch for further information, or to secure your place.

Thank you to the R S Macdonald Charitable Trust

Kindred are delighted to announce an award of £40,000 from
The R S Macdonald Charitable Trust to support our services to Kindred families over the next 2 years."

Kindred's director, Sophie Pilgrim said, “Our grant from The R S Macdonald Charitable Trust is towards our work with families of a child with a neurological condition, which includes most of the families we support. Our core funding gives us the flexibility to decide on how we spend our grant. We are delighted to receive such a generous multi-year grant. As well as maintaining our services to families, this funding enables us to stretch a little further to explore exciting new provision such as our Parenting Programme, E-PAtS

It's sometimes hard to put into words how we support families, as every family is unique. This lovely card says what our support meant to them. ❤

SUMMER HOLIDAYS ARE HERE! ☀️ please share this post for others to see!

Edinburgh Council -What’s On for Families in the Holidays
Find free or low-cost activities available during the school holidays in Edinburgh at
https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/support-families-1/2
Find information on the support and activities available for families across Edinburgh at
www.edinburgh.gov.uk/supportforfamilies

Today is National Bereaved Parents Day, this is held during Bereaved Parents Awareness Month in July to raise awareness of all parents who have lost a child of any age, and from any cause. 💚

Everyone should enjoy the beach - even in the rain! ☔️🌦️ https://www.beachwheelchairs.org

This week is 'World Wellbeing Week', here at Kindred we know the importance of wellbeing, so we asked the staff to share their wellbeing secrets!

SUMMER HOLIDAYS ARE COMING! ☀️
Edinburgh Council -What’s On for Families in the Holidays
Find free or low-cost activities available during the school holidays in Edinburgh at
https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/support-families-1/2
Find information on the support and activities available for families across Edinburgh at
www.edinburgh.gov.uk/supportforfamilies

You can follow us on Instagram too!
https://www.instagram.com/kindredscotland/

This week is 'World Wellbeing Week', here at Kindred we know the importance of wellbeing, so we asked the staff to share their wellbeing secrets!

17-23 June is Learning Disability Week. This year's theme is "Do you see me?" which is all about being seen, heard and valued. 💚 To find out more about Learning Disability week see Mencap's website. https://www.mencap.org.uk/learningdisabilityweek

Have your say....Shared Care Scotland would like you to share your experiences and insights of being an unpaid carer. "...it has never been more important to put carers voices at the heart of decision-making. "

Exploring Unpaid Carers' Experiences with Short Breaks and Respite Care: A Survey Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

We'd like to say a special THANK YOU to our long term volunteer Jenny Harris, who has volunteered for Kindred for over 10 years. She can turn her hand to anything, but we especially love her chutney and jam making skills!! ❤

Kindred would like to thank all of our volunteers over the years, we very much appreciate your support!❤ ... We will post news of up and coming events this year, which will include ways you can help or volunteers with us!... watch this space.

This may be of interest to Fife families. If you have a spare 5 mins to fill out this needs survey organised by Scottish Child Law Centre. please do.

Scottish Child Law Centre Community Needs Survey - Fife Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

Kindred are so thankful to everyone that ran and supported our runners at this years EMF24. Whether you ran the 5k or the half marathon, thank you!

We are especially thankful to the runners from Artemis Charitable Foundation and all the individual runners who took part.

Despite the horrible weather, spirits were high and Kindred had a brilliant year at the EMF. The finishers were all elated, Kindred director Sophie Pilgrim said "It was a fantastic atmosphere, thank you so much to everyone who ran for us."

Kindred runner Finlay Bell said "It was a great day and ran faster than I ever thought I could lol! Was good fun and going to have to sign up for the Marathon now! I was happy to help this lovely charity and hopefully next time I’ll raise even more."

Thanks Finlay, we hope you do too :)

If you would like to join Finlay next year then, sign up Edinburgh Marathon Festival or get in touch with us at [email protected]

We are so excited for the runners taking part in the Edinburgh Marathon Festival (EMF) this weekend.

https://www.facebook.com/events/673163718158891

If you would like to support any of the Kindred Scotland runners,
you still have time.

Good luck everyone, whatever distance you are running will go a long way to supporting the parents and carers of children with complex needs and disabilities and bringing them Kindreds services.

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Iona-Barrie

https://www.justgiving.com/page/finlay-bell-1712510440457

https://www.justgiving.com/page/owen-moir-1711630718128

https://www.justgiving.com/page/evelyn-orr-1709540605623

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/bence-solymar

https://www.justgiving.com/page/marcin-surdy-1714468326854

https://www.justgiving.com/page/stacey-edinburghmarathon

Many thanks to everyone who supported the sale last weekend which raised an amazing £764.90 for Kindred.

We are hosting a P7 to S1 Transition group on Friday the 24th May from 2 to 4pm for those young carers who will be transitioning from primary to high school in August 2024.

In the session your child can:

➡ Meet other young carers who are moving up to high school too. Some may even go to the same school.
➡ We can talk about worries and fears and give practical advice.
➡ We can introduce the names of the YC Champions which are based in the high schools.
➡ Give top tips and hints.

Hopefully, it will be a time where young people can feel comfortable and explore the topic, share worries in a safe space and provide support for one another.

We will contact the school champions and let them know that there are young carers transitioning to their school unless you have indicated otherwise in the consent forms. If you could, confirm which school your child is moving up to that would be so helpful, thank you.

Hopefully, the group may help alleviate some of the anxieties around moving up.
If you would like your child to attend these sessions then please call 01506 448 000 or email [email protected] to register, any questions please don't hesitate to ask.

Kindred would like to say a huge thank you to everyone to came along to our fundraiser on Saturday night to our Spring Serenade with the Cadenza Choir.

Our thanks go to the many people who helped us raise in excess of a thousand pounds on the night. Huge thanks to Tim and Cadenza Choir, to Karen and Dan Docwra, Jen and Marta on the bar, the wonderful Baillie Gifford & Co volunteers and to St Serfs Church, Inverleith.

Everyone had a fabulous time and we had a very successful raffle, thanks to John Lewis department store, Lakeland, and The Toll House restaurant for providing wonderful prizes.

Photos by Kindred's Joanne Kirkham

Thousands of Scots families offered holiday grants - check if you're eligible

Tickets available on Eventbrite. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cadenza-spring-serenade-tickets-862646728587🌸

Book your tickets and join us!! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cadenza-spring-serenade-tickets-862646728587 🌸