Implementation toolkit

A collection of coproduced resources for setting up family hubs in local areas.

The modules

Please read our summary guide for designing and implementing family hubs in England

The toolkit is based on what the research tells us works for families and has been developed with the input of our evidence partners, participation workers and practitioners.

Background information

Family hubs and early help: an overview  

This module explains how family hubs can be the vehicle to deliver and integrated early help offer to local communities though a strengthened and more connected universal and targeted offer for families.

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Background information

The Start for Life offer and other policy and practice initiatives

The best start for life: A vision for the 1,001 critical days, commissioned by the Prime Minister and chaired by Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP, was published by the Department for Health and Social Care in March 2021.

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Background information

Family hubs funding explained

Learn more about the funding background of family hubs

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Strategic ‘golden threads’

Evaluating family hubs  

This module explains how family hubs can be the vehicle to deliver and integrated early help offer to local communities though a strengthened and more connected universal and targeted offer for families.

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Strategic ‘golden threads’

Leadership

Joined-up working across services and professionals is central to the family hub model, underpinned by strong leadership at the systems level.  

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Strategic ‘golden threads’

Governance

Establishing integrated governance, leadership and management arrangements is one of the core implementation activities in establishing operational family hubs.

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Strategic ‘golden threads’

The Family Hub development process

The Family Hub development process is a systematic approach to assessing local need and delivery; building a strategic case for Family Hubs locally; securing partner commitment to that change and developing a robust implementation process.

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Strategic ‘golden threads’

Theory of Change

Developing a theory of change for your family hub will help you to ensure your model is based on the best available local and national evidence; help you to articulate a shared vision and secure buy-in from partners and families; and will provide a basis for monitoring, evaluating and learning as you implement your approach.

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Strategic ‘golden threads’

Access and inclusion

This module provides a high-level overview of the key principles of access and inclusion for family hubs and offers some considerations for local authorities in how they might overcome some of the barriers to accessing family support in their local area.

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