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Petition update, 03 June 2008

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in this country we have a huge number of relatives that are bringing up children belonging to their families.for example grandparents bringing up grandchildren,Aunties bringing up their sisters children etc these children through no fault of their own, have been taken from parents because of drug and substance abuse, alcohol issues, death or illness or because they just can not cope.These children are then placed with a relative. kinship carers do not receive the same weekly allowance as foster carers,in fact allowances differ from town to town so carers are paid different amounts depending on where they live!Kinship carers need an allowance for each child that is consistent throughout the U.K.

Current signatories

Linda mcEvilly, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• mairi mackechnie
• nigel ham
• Connie Fallon
• Amanda Sandy
• Rev. Simon Page
• Josephine Hopkins
• Pat Scott
• tulip rippingale
• Yvonne Ramsay
• Yvonne Jones
• amanda banfield
• brett Loveday
• christina small
• Stella Price
• Robin Derriman
• wayne bywater
• Hilary Derriman
• Daniel McEvilly
• rebecca mcevilly
• dorothy schubert
• sally baddeley
• ann spencer
• Kate Ames
• myra batley
• ann brook
• Ray Price
• carolyn lee
• E Gambrell
• Laura Warner
• Kathy Turner
• Sandra Denham
• Chris Morgan
• Kevin Price
• Peter Morgan
• PAULINE ANNE LETFORD
• Carolyn Murray
• Hannah Finan
• Isabel Jean Swain
• Barbara Scott
• Ellen Ashton
• John Scadden
• Thomas Sweeney
• Mike Ellis (NSCFC)
• clare mitchell
• Jimmy Deuchars
• Patrica Mary Wann
• n. o'connor
• Andrew Swain
• Brian Mcnair
• charles solomon
• Kathryn Taylor
• Duncan Hunter
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• Susan Holliday
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• Ian Honey
• John Kerr
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• alex wylie
• nicola schubert
• Julia Cox
• Cyndy Kelly
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