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Important Links and numbers below the blurb text. 🎙 New Podcast Episode with The Fly Fifer & Kinship Care Fife Scotland | Real Stories from Kinship Carers in Fife In this powerful episode, James — aka The Fly Fifer — sits down with three inspiring kinship carers from across Fife, Scotland, to share their honest and emotional stories. 🌍💬 Together with Kinship Care Fife Scotland, we explore the challenges, joys, and realities of kinship care — when family members or close friends step in to raise children whose parents are unable to care for them. 👥 What you'll hear in this episode: Real-life experiences from kinship carers in Fife The impact of kinship care on families and communities Support services available for kinship carers Raising awareness about the importance of kinship care 🔔 Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more community-focused podcasts and real voices from around Fife and beyond. 📢 Share this video to help spread awareness about the incredible work of kinship carers and the support Kinship Care Fife provides. Support for Kinship Carers Being a kinship carer who provides care for a family member or a friend’s child(ren) can be rewarding but it may be helpful to have other people to talk to who understand. There are seven groups across Fife where you can meet with other people who also provide kinship care. Ballingry: Benarty Community Centre - Monthly on Wednesday 10 to 11.30am Cowdenbeath: Maxwell Community Centre - Every second Wednesday 10 to 11.30am Cupar: St Johns Church - Weekly on Tuesday 10 to 11.30am Dunfermline: Broomhead Community Flat - Weekly on Thursday 10 to 11.30am Glenrothes: St Lukes Church - Weekly on Wednesday 10 to 11.30am Kirkcaldy: Linton Lane Centre - Weekly on Tuesday 12.30 to 2pm Methil: Wellesley Parish Church - Weekly on Wednesday 10 to 11.30am Fife Council has a dedicated Kinship Team to provide you with support or direct you to other appropriate organisations. For support including more information about the groups above, please contact the Kinship Team on 01592 583554 or email [email protected] Training opportunities: Kinship Carers Training Guide and Kinship Carers Training Programme. The Kinship Care Advice Service for Scotland (KCASS) also provides free, confidential, impartial advice to kinship families. Phone 0800 800 0006 Mon to Fri 10am to 2.30pm. KCASS has helpful information online at www.kinship.scott If the child in your care is not involved with Social Work Services you can contact Fife Social Work Services on 03451 551503. If you need to contact Social Work Services due to an emergency with the child in your care and it is outwith Mon to Friday 9am to 5pm or it is a public holiday, please call the Emergency Out of Hours Social Work Service team on 03451 550099. Fellow kinship carers who are keen to supply informal support: Ballingry / Cowdenbeath: Carol / Paul - 07818 403170 / 07818 403717 Cupar: Jill - 07394 360928 Dunfermline: Sam/Anne - 07849 619180 / 07860 220252 Methil: Tracey / Lynn - 07411 174852 / 07367 438036 James aka The Fly Fifer