Welcome to the Strengthening Families, Protecting Children learning website! This site hosts the Strengthening Families Journal and additional material to capture learning from the Strengthening Families, Protecting Children programme. It connects activity across the programme with wider research and policy, setting the scene for the role innovation has to play in children’s social care.
Find out more on our About the programme page.
We look forward to sharing this content with you over the coming years!
SFPC latest updates - November 2021
About the programme
Find out more about the Strengthening Families, Protecting Children (SFPC) programme, and who is involved.
Journal
Here you can access issues of the Strengthening Families Journal – the regular publication dedicated to capturing learning from the SFPC programme.
Initiatives
Learn more about different local authorities' initiatives to improve their work with families and safely reduce the number of children entering care, through implementing successful sector-designed innovations.
Hertfordshire Family Safeguarding
Find out more about the Hertfordshire Family Safeguarding initiative.
Leeds Family Valued
Learn more about the Leeds Family Valued approach.
North Yorkshire No Wrong Door
More information about the No Wrong Door initiative.
Events
Hear from the recent learning events and workshops covering three innovations in children’s social care: Hertfordshire’s Family Safeguarding; Leeds’ Family Valued and North Yorkshire’s No Wrong Door.
Evaluation
What Works in Children’s Social Care Centre (WWCSC) have published findings from their pilot evaluation of:
Tools
Tools to help adopter authorities forecast and track some of the financial benefits of implementing one of the Strengthening Families innovations
