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Whatever you choose to do to raise money for Kindred we’re sure you will find an event that will fulfil your thirst for adventure and action. If you are more creative ( e.g. Adventfest arts festival -see below) or a social butterfly, you will find lots of ideas to get you raising funds here

Challenges

If it's challenge event you are looking for, we have a number of Charity places for the following events

Edinburgh marathon

Kiltwalk

OR you can come up with your own ideas! To help get you started, we created 30 Kindred fundraising ideas

Planning an event

Whatever it is that you are planning to do, there are a few practical things that you’ll need to think about – like first aid and health and safety.

And, if you are after some fundraising materials – like buckets, banners and posters – then we can help with that too.

Don’t worry though, you can download our guide to running events and our sponsorship form can help you keep track of all your donations.

Sponsorship form

Event planning guide

Support

If you would like some support or information with your fundraising then call Kindred on 0800 031 5793 or our fundraiser, Hazel Cornish on 07742419710
Email: [email protected]
You can raise funds directly into our appeal or donate using the button at the top of the page.

Some Recent Fundraising Successes

St James the Less Church, Leith - Aventfest

St James the Less Church Leith chose Kindred Advocacy to be their charity of the year for their Adventfest this year. Using the now infamous Zoom for a number of fundraising events. They held a really fun clothes/skills swap where they raised an amazing amount of over £1050.

Adventfest itself held a number events including a Christmas cake bake along, a ceilidh, cabaret, concerts and other activities. In total Aventfest raised an amazing £1950!

Creative Colonies - Jenny Harris

Our long time supporter, Jenny Harris has been raising money for Kindred through her annual Creative Colonies fundraiser. Jenny made beautiful handmade pottery as well as a variety of jams. She raised an amazing £578!

Can collection

We are hoping regular collections can resume later in 2021.

All it takes is a couple of hours and it can make a real difference. Just email [email protected] and we will let you know about any events are coming up.

Before lockdown;

Suzanne, Rowan and John’s collection at An Evening with Ian Rankin at The Royal Lyceum raised £281

Voices of Midlothian Schools Concert at Queens Hall raised £ 561

Find your fundraising pack by contacting the fundraising team.

fundraising team

Latest

Press Release: People's Postcode Trust Award for Kindred

Players of People’s Postcode Lottery enable Kindred Advocacy to support parents of children with complex needs in Scotland! We are delighted to announce that the People’s Postcode Trust, a grant-giving charity funded entirely by players of People’s Postcode Lottery, have awarded Kindred £23,708 to support the running of the charity over the next year.
Kindred receives donation from Walter Scott & Partners Ltd Giving Group

Kindred are delighted to announce receipt of a £15,000 donation from the Walter Scott & Partners Ltd Giving Group.
Kindred Fife receives grant towards supporting parent mental health

Kindred’s Fife service is delighted that their project has been supported by the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund through Fife Voluntary Action and Scottish Government, with a recent grant of £3000.
E-PAtS and positive support for Kindred families

Kindred, along with NHS Lothian and Tizard, University of Kent , has recently started to offer Early Positive Approaches to Support (E-PAtS) groups to families, developed for parent/carers of a child aged 0 to 5 years with learning disability, global developmental delay or autism.

Social Work Assessment (Section 23)

If your child has a disability or long-term health condition then you are likely to require additional help with family life. The Social Work department of your local authority has a duty to assess the needs of your child. This is called a Section 23 Assessment.
Our vision and aims

Kindred's vision is to transform the lives of families of children with complex needs in Scotland.
Accessing grants

Details of different funds and grant-giving trusts/charities that you can approach if needed, and some handy hints on applying.
Benefits

There are many different sources of financial support available to children with disabilities. Kindred may be able to support parents to apply for some of these benefits.
Contact us

You can contact Kindred by phone, email and by post.
Education

Children with additional needs may need extra support in school, or you may feel that your child needs to attend a different school provision such as a language unit, another mainstream school or a special school. Depending on where you live, Kindred may be able to assist you with finding the right provision for your child.
Fife Team

Kindred's Fife Team is based in Dunfermline, providing a service throughout Fife to parents of children with complex needs including advocacy, information and emotional support.
Child’s Planning Meeting (and YPPM)

CPM stands for Child’s Planning Meeting and YPPM stands for Young Person’s Planning Meeting.
Refer to us

For a referral please contact us by phone or email.
Our history

Kindred began supporting families in 1991 from the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh. We were known then as SNIP or Special Needs Information Point. We started with a founding team of two parents who each had a child with additional needs, keen to share their knowledge. Now we have a team of 12 staff over three bases in Scotland, and we are still a parent-led organisation.