Inviting when family has gone without one (6)
I believe the answer is:
asking
'inviting' is the definition.
'when family has gone without one' is the wordplay.
'when' becomes 'as'.
'family' becomes 'kin' ('kin' can be a synonym of 'family').
'has' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'without' is a deletion indicator.
'gone' with 'one' taken out is 'g'.
'as'+'kin'+'g'='ASKING'
(Other definitions for asking that I've seen before include "Proposing" , "Enquiring" , "Presenting petition" , "Begging" , "Direction a question" .)