# Kinship Peer Support

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Department for Education.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Department for Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [Kinship](/suppliers/kinship/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £1,865,851
- Tender value: £900,000
- Award date: 13 December 2021
- Published: 11 January 2022
- Contract start: 4 January 2022
- Contract end: 3 January 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: c1bee74b-98ab-40b6-abeb-9e75d9f0b02e-499683
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-5f3c081a-047e-4b66-8d5a-bb1a47898838

## Description

Service to increase the number of local kinship carer support groups across the country\. This is a low cost but high impact way of supporting thousands of kinship carers, and research shows that emotional support from kinship carers in similar positions is the most important form of support need after financial support\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c1bee74b-98ab-40b6-abeb-9e75d9f0b02e-499683)