About us
An introduction to the National Centre for Family Hubs
Who we are
The National Centre for Family Hubs was launched in May 2021 as a major national initiative led by the Anna Freud Centre in collaboration with the Early Intervention Foundation and funded by the Department for Education.
What we exist to do
The National Centre for Family Hubs has been established to champion family hubs by sharing best practice on evidence-based service models to family hub providers across England. The areas of support offered include an implementation toolkit, resource library, training, and expert consultation.
How the National Centre for Family Hubs can help
As well as local stakeholders, the National Centre for Family Hubs includes a regional structure, which exists to support local areas with family hub implementation. This comprises a team of regional coordinators who engage and consult locally. They will disseminate expertise and iterative learning from best practice on family hubs, host local events including regular action learning sets, and will be a conduit for supporting local authorities and other stakeholders. Regional working complements national working, with regional coordinators responding in an agile way to regional context and need.
How we work
The work of the National Centre for Family Hubs is practice-led, evidence-based, and most importantly is informed by families’ lived experience. We are collecting examples of how local areas are implementing and delivering family hubs. We are interested in telling stories of those who are innovating and learning about how to effectively deliver family hubs. Information provided via the National Centre for Family Hubs will be coproduced with parent and youth participation officers to ensure it is relevant and accessible.
Toolkit
A key part of our offer is the Implementation Toolkit: a collection of new, evidence-based resources aimed to support those who are planning to implement and deliver family hubs in their local area. This toolkit has been coproduced, is adaptable to different contexts and will grow with learning.
Meet the team
We are made up of a central programme team and regional staff, dedicated to hearing from local contexts across England.
Our partners
Evidence partner
We are proud to be partnering with Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) as our evidence partner. EIF is an independent research charity who champion and support evidence-based approaches to early intervention designed to improve the lives of children, young people and families.
Funding Partner
The National Centre for Family Hubs has been funded by the Department of Education.
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