Support for local authorities

We understand that local areas are juggling a number of competing priorities in a complex climate. Whether you’re a senior leader or a practitioner within a local authority, or work in Public Health or the NHS and have an interest in integrating services, there are a variety of ways in which we can support you.

As the National Centre for Family Hubs, we are passionate about supporting local areas to design and develop their offer so that babies, children, young people and their families can access the joined-up, whole family, and inclusive support they need to thrive.

Our team members have experience in a wide range of different sectors which can support you in your family hub transformation, including mental health, education, local governance and leadership, research, health, project management and the third sector.

Many of you will be short of time and might want to have a glance through some of our resources, watch a webinar or attend a live learning event. Please explore our:

• Implementation toolkit
• Book onto conferences, webinars, and communities of practice events
• Resource library
• Case study library
• Foundations family hubs planning framework

Regional Communities of Practice

South West

• South West community of practice on Tuesday, 14th May 2024 – contact: Julie.Greer@annafreud.org

North East

• North East and North Cumbria Child Health and Wellbeing Network Huddle on Thursday, 16th May 2024 – contact: Bronia.Arnott@annafreud.org

Yorkshire & Humber

• Yorkshire & Humber community of practice on Thursday, 16th May 2024 – contact: Anna.Bedford@annafreud.org

East of England

• East of England community of practice on Tuesday, 4th June 2024 – contact: Anna.Bedford@annafreud.org

Thematic Communities of Practice – for all regions

1. Participation community of practice on Tuesday, 14th May 2024
2. Rural community of practice on Thursday, 23rd May 2024

To attend thematic communities of practice, please contact Anna.Bedford@annafreud.org

Focus groups/Workshops

1. Conference follow-up workshop: Families living in poverty on Wednesday, 15th May 2024
2. Conference follow-up workshop: Listening to babies on Tuesday, 21st May 2024

To register for conference follow-up workshops, please fill the form: Registration Form

If you would like more in-depth support, not just with family hub development, but with wider local authority transformation, we can create a bespoke support package for you. We recommend this takes place in-person but we can adapt this to be online too.  Content includes:

• In-depth support in the planning, design and implementation of family hubs, local authority and Integrated Care Systems.
• Training in key topics which support our vision to ‘close the gap’ between the need and provision of mental health support and wider outcomes for children and young people, parents and carers nationwide.

We draw on our centre wide expertise for example: clinical, AMBIT, mental health and wellbeing in schools.

Please email ncfhenquiries@annafreud.org to set up an initial appoint about a bespoke package.

Some areas have been funded with Family Hub Transformation or Family Hub and Start for Life funding. If this is applies to you, there is additional support from different teams and organisations:

Regardless of funding status, our role at the National Centre for Family Hubs will be to capture and share the learning and innovation that is being generated though the transformation funded areas as well as providing the wider nationwide and regional support.