To Help Local Parents and Carers – Medway Parenting Support Fund from Medway Council and KCF, August 2022

Funding is being made available from Medway Council for charities to deliver support activities that will help local parents and carers.

Administrated by Kent Community Foundation (KCF), the recently announced Medway Parenting Support Fund will award grants to support charitable groups delivering parenting support to Medway families as part of Medway Council’s Parenting Support Strategy.

The Fund will support charitable groups who help parents and carers of Medway children and young people aged 18 and under; the funding is also available to support local children and young people aged 25 and under that have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

The Foundation say the funding is aimed at supporting work based on themes raised by parents and carers in Medway, this can include:

• Building confidence in parents and carers skills and abilities to focus on their children’s behaviours and emotional regulation, and
• Improving access to support and offering help with the management of family relationships

The deadline for applications is Friday 30^th September 2022.

More information and how to apply can be found at the KCF website.