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Out of interest, why didn't shared Google calendars work for you? It works quite well for us.

It didn't "not work" but neither of my kids have gmail accounts so they can't see the calendar on their devices.

I just thought there might be something a little more vertical/family-focused.

What does Google not do? In our family of 4 everyone has their own calendar and there are a couple of other shared ones that we can all see, and it works great.

The Family Sharing in iCloud works exceptionally well for us.

Owncloud?