[1] The organization was co-founded in 2001 by Michael Young, Baron Young of Dartington, and the charity's co-chair, Jean Stogdon OBE, a social services manager and Guardian Ad Litem.
[3] Due to various family circumstances, including parental death, disability, serious illness, substance use disorders, imprisonment, or domestic violence, relatives who raise children from within the wider family are known as kinship carers.
[4] The charity, funded by the Big Lottery, provides advice, information, and a peer support network for kinship carers.
It publishes research and campaigns for improved support and recognition for kinship carers and grandparents in the United Kingdom who provide childcare, arguing that both groups are undervalued economically.
[5][6] Grandparents Plus and the production company My Pockets launched a film for Kinship Care Week called, 'Something to be Proud of.'