Family and Childcare Trust's annual review is a record of our achievements over the past financial year, including details of our funders, alongside details about our staff and members of our trustee board.
Family and Childcare Trust's annual review is a record of our achievements over the past financial year, including details of our funders, alongside details about our staff and members of our trustee board.
2012 - Leicestershire's Family Poverty StrategyDanny Myers
This document presents Leicestershire's Family Poverty Strategy. It summarizes that the child poverty needs assessment concluded that addressing family poverty is key to addressing child poverty. Family poverty is often intergenerational and related to additional complex needs within families. The strategy aims to work holistically with families earlier to provide the right support through a key worker model before issues escalate. This approach has shown improved outcomes for families and cost savings in other areas.
The document outlines a plan to launch a website called KidsintheMiddle.org.uk in 2014 to provide online support and resources for children experiencing parental separation. Around 250,000 children in the UK are affected by parental separation each year, which can be traumatic and damaging, especially without proper support. Previous online support services for these children have closed due to issues with sustainability. The new website aims to connect children with peer support and counseling resources through an existing online platform, while also providing information to help children and parents understand the experience and impacts of separation. Founding partners including family lawyers and mediators have pledged funding and support to help launch and promote the initiative.
1) Have students discuss statements about gender and sex and determine which refer to gender roles (learned social and cultural aspects) versus sex (biological aspects). This helps students understand that gender is socially constructed rather than innate.
2) Examine gender stereotypes that exist in society and media, and how these influence the roles and expectations placed upon males and females. Students could survey attitudes or analyze media representations.
3) Research and compare gender inequalities that exist locally in Scotland and globally in other parts of the world. This includes exploring disparities in areas like education, health, economics and politics to understand how gender discrimination impacts people
Here are some top tips for engaging fathers and male carers in reading with their children:
- Involve children as they are often the biggest motivator for dads to get involved. Explain the benefits for children.
- Work with mothers as "gatekeepers" and encourage them to support dad involvement.
- Consider timing activities for when dads are more likely to be available like evenings and weekends.
- Be persistent, creative and patient when recruiting dads as it can be challenging.
- Incorporate interactive activities like games, puzzles and visits instead of just talking about reading.
- Ensure your whole organization supports the work to avoid mixed messages.
- Plan for long-term commitment through
Juvenile Causation,Intervention and Prevention Harun Ma'hdi-El
Ways to decrease delinquency amongst juveniles and increase healthy family dynamics and how to analyze and understand the causation of criminal behavior
The document discusses a partnership between HSBC bank and SOS Children's Villages charity to improve access to education for disadvantaged children worldwide. It details how the partnership has directly benefited over 375,000 children through 277 projects in 45 countries since 2006. Key activities include building and rebuilding schools, providing textbooks and equipment, teacher training, and support for pre-school, primary, secondary, vocational, and adult education. Testimonials from the leaders of both organizations emphasize the importance of education and the impact of their collaborative work.
The Taylors moved to Frisco in 2003 after participating in the Clothe a Child program in their previous community. They were inspired to expand the program to help families in need in Frisco. With the help of local churches, they established the Clothe a Child program in Frisco which provides vouchers for new school clothes to children from low-income families. The program has grown significantly over the years and now serves over 1700 children across Frisco and Little Elm. The Taylors work tirelessly leading the program and bringing the community together to support it, though need continues to increase as the economic hardship grows.
Family and Childcare Trust's annual review is a record of our achievements over the past financial year, including details of our funders, alongside details about our staff and members of our trustee board.
2012 - Leicestershire's Family Poverty StrategyDanny Myers
This document presents Leicestershire's Family Poverty Strategy. It summarizes that the child poverty needs assessment concluded that addressing family poverty is key to addressing child poverty. Family poverty is often intergenerational and related to additional complex needs within families. The strategy aims to work holistically with families earlier to provide the right support through a key worker model before issues escalate. This approach has shown improved outcomes for families and cost savings in other areas.
The document outlines a plan to launch a website called KidsintheMiddle.org.uk in 2014 to provide online support and resources for children experiencing parental separation. Around 250,000 children in the UK are affected by parental separation each year, which can be traumatic and damaging, especially without proper support. Previous online support services for these children have closed due to issues with sustainability. The new website aims to connect children with peer support and counseling resources through an existing online platform, while also providing information to help children and parents understand the experience and impacts of separation. Founding partners including family lawyers and mediators have pledged funding and support to help launch and promote the initiative.
1) Have students discuss statements about gender and sex and determine which refer to gender roles (learned social and cultural aspects) versus sex (biological aspects). This helps students understand that gender is socially constructed rather than innate.
2) Examine gender stereotypes that exist in society and media, and how these influence the roles and expectations placed upon males and females. Students could survey attitudes or analyze media representations.
3) Research and compare gender inequalities that exist locally in Scotland and globally in other parts of the world. This includes exploring disparities in areas like education, health, economics and politics to understand how gender discrimination impacts people
Here are some top tips for engaging fathers and male carers in reading with their children:
- Involve children as they are often the biggest motivator for dads to get involved. Explain the benefits for children.
- Work with mothers as "gatekeepers" and encourage them to support dad involvement.
- Consider timing activities for when dads are more likely to be available like evenings and weekends.
- Be persistent, creative and patient when recruiting dads as it can be challenging.
- Incorporate interactive activities like games, puzzles and visits instead of just talking about reading.
- Ensure your whole organization supports the work to avoid mixed messages.
- Plan for long-term commitment through
Juvenile Causation,Intervention and Prevention Harun Ma'hdi-El
Ways to decrease delinquency amongst juveniles and increase healthy family dynamics and how to analyze and understand the causation of criminal behavior
The document discusses a partnership between HSBC bank and SOS Children's Villages charity to improve access to education for disadvantaged children worldwide. It details how the partnership has directly benefited over 375,000 children through 277 projects in 45 countries since 2006. Key activities include building and rebuilding schools, providing textbooks and equipment, teacher training, and support for pre-school, primary, secondary, vocational, and adult education. Testimonials from the leaders of both organizations emphasize the importance of education and the impact of their collaborative work.
The Taylors moved to Frisco in 2003 after participating in the Clothe a Child program in their previous community. They were inspired to expand the program to help families in need in Frisco. With the help of local churches, they established the Clothe a Child program in Frisco which provides vouchers for new school clothes to children from low-income families. The program has grown significantly over the years and now serves over 1700 children across Frisco and Little Elm. The Taylors work tirelessly leading the program and bringing the community together to support it, though need continues to increase as the economic hardship grows.
Community schools equity framework final working draftRashard Dyess-Lane
This document discusses community schools as an essential equity strategy. It argues that community schools can help close opportunity and achievement gaps by providing integrated student supports and services. Community schools bring together school resources with community partners and organizations to address barriers to learning like poverty, health issues, and lack of access to services. When implemented effectively through collaborative leadership structures, community schools have been shown to improve academic outcomes and engage families and communities. Examples from school districts in Oakland, Multnomah County, and Cincinnati illustrate how community schools can advance equity through strategies like restorative justice and targeting supports to disadvantaged groups.
Connections For Children provides resources, education, and guidance to support quality child care. The document discusses fostering resiliency in children to help them adapt to change. It explains that resilient children can rebound from hardships, connect with others, achieve goals, and share feelings. Children need the support of adults and a sense of structure and routine to build resiliency during stressful times. The organization helps children, families, and caregivers navigate challenges like divorce and offers training to promote social-emotional development and resilience.
Care for children is care for development. The work of SOS Children's Villages associations and their partners worldwide contributes directly to a number of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) to ensure a sustainable future for all. Learn how.
Mothers - The silent architects of society, When mothers are not supported so...Tahera Chaudhary
The document discusses the importance of mothers in society and the negative impacts when mothers are not properly supported. It makes three key points:
1) Breakdown of the family unit, such as due to divorce or fathers abandoning their roles, undermines children's development and leads to social problems. This costs societies greatly.
2) Mothers play a crucial role as the first educators of children and stabilizing force for families, but social and economic pressures often prevent them from fulfilling this role.
3) Supporting mothers to stay at home with young children until they are school-aged would benefit children's health and development as well as reduce financial and social costs to societies.
Looking Forward As We Examine The Past2009Kevin McLogan
The document discusses the history and importance of advocacy by the PTA. It outlines many issues the PTA has advocated for over time, from child labor laws to school nutrition programs. The PTA uses resolutions to determine the issues it supports and advocates influencing policy decisions. Advocacy is important to ensure laws and policies benefit children. PTA members are encouraged to get involved in advocacy by contacting legislators, writing letters, and using social media to educate others.
KITM: a voice for young people in separating familiesKidsintheMiddle
Kids in the Middle seeks to give children a voice regarding family separation by organizing groups of young people who have experienced parental separation. These groups will (1) film what children say about how separation should be managed to provide support and guidance to parents and professionals, and (2) build a website where children currently experiencing separation can support each other and address parents directly about managing conflict. The organization aims to reduce the harm of family separation on children through child-centered resources and advocacy.
The document discusses several reasons why some people choose to live alone. Economically prosperity allows many teenagers to move out of their parents' house. The rise in divorce rates and number of unmarried people also contributes to more single households. Large generational gaps in ways of thinking can also cause people to live alone. Living alone can cause loneliness and social isolation, linked to mental health issues. However, living alone also promotes freedom, personal control, and self-reliance. Overall, while there are drawbacks, the individualistic lifestyle is increasing.
The newsletter provides updates on Neighborhood House programs including spotlighting the growing Toddler Preschool program that uses a research-based curriculum to encourage social and academic development for young children. It also highlights the contributions of volunteers and donors who support Neighborhood House initiatives and help clients like Simon and his family who were profiled in the local newspaper and received financial assistance from generous readers. The document promotes upcoming events and recognizes partner organizations that support Neighborhood House through their employee giving campaigns.
The document discusses initiatives to help teen parents and their children break the cycle of poverty through education. It outlines that teen parents often have less education and career prospects, and their children often face health and developmental issues. The Hamilton East Public Library then proposes a new program to assist teen parents in achieving their potential through access to knowledge, resources, and support networks. The program's goals are to empower teen parents and improve outcomes for their children through partnership with other community organizations.
The Parliamentary Inquiry found that access to good quality, affordable childcare is particularly important for families with disabled children due to their increased risk of poverty. However, many families reported being unable to work due to a significant lack of suitable childcare options and higher costs of care for disabled children. The Inquiry heard that this lack of childcare forces some parents out of the workforce and others to work fewer hours than desired. Recommendations were made to address barriers to access, affordability, availability and inclusion of childcare for disabled children.
This document summarizes a debate on whether compulsory sex education should be taught in schools. In the debate:
1) The first negative speaker argues that parents, not teachers, should educate children on sex because parents know their children best and when they are ready.
2) The second negative speaker claims that sex education in schools could lead to higher rates of premarital sex as it may introduce the topic at a young age and make children think sex is safe.
3) The third negative speaker restates the negative team's position and summarizes their key points that sex education is better taught by parents, not in schools, and that it could increase early sexual activity.
This document compares the differences between current and earlier generations. It argues that earlier generations had a stronger work ethic, were more independent and resourceful, and faced harder consequences. In contrast, it says current generations feel more entitled, want more rewards without effort, rely on online connections over in-person interactions, and advocate through social media rather than real-world protests. The conclusion calls for current generations to appreciate what earlier generations have provided and contributed to society.
Dando Amor is a nonprofit charity that aids orphans in Ecuador, Haiti, and Burkina Faso, Africa. It operates a boys' home in Ecuador for boys aged 12-18 who would otherwise be homeless. Dando Amor aims to raise the boys out of poverty through education and skills training, with the goals of reuniting them with family, finding adoptive families, or enabling them to live independently. The organization seeks donations and volunteer efforts like a yearly shoe drive to support its work of providing for the boys' basic needs and preparing them for successful lives.
This document summarizes the work of First Hand, a voluntary organization committed to protecting, rehabilitating, and building better lives for Cambodian children who are victims of trafficking or at high risk. It supports two partner NGOs, Damnok Toek & Riverkids Project, through regular visits, financial assessments, and donations. All profits from fundraising are donated to support programs providing food, medical care, education and community development for vulnerable children in Cambodia.
For everyone and anyone who wants to know more about Free the Children and how you can get involved right here at YorkU with YorkFTC! Contact us at www.facebook.com/YorkFTC with any questions, comments, suggestions!
This document proposes policies to help single mothers by providing certain services rather than cash payments. It argues that single mothers should not have to live in poverty and that providing universal health insurance, childcare, education, and housing assistance would allow single mothers to live normal lives without harming gender equality. It also calls for reforms to the child support system to ensure fathers contribute adequately. While enacting such comprehensive programs faces political challenges, demonstrating the need for assistance and advocating for solutions is important progress.
This document discusses the importance of early intervention and supporting children during their primary school years to help overcome disadvantages and break cycles of underachievement. It contains chapters by experts focusing on areas like speech and language development, literacy and numeracy, social and emotional skills, parenting interventions, educational mobility and bridging gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged children. The introductions emphasize that intervening early from pre-school through primary years can significantly improve children's outcomes and have major long-term benefits both for individuals and society.
Oregon's youth are concerned about three main issues - the economy, education funding, and the environment. Regarding the economy, they see a lack of jobs and need for new industries in their communities. For education funding, students worry about budget cuts affecting their schools. They feel more funding is needed for programs. On the environment, youth value Oregon's natural beauty and want to protect natural resources. Overall, they feel their voices are not heard in community and statewide decision-making but want to be involved to help address these important issues facing their state.
The poll Time to care: generation generosity under pressure shows that grandparents have given a total of £8 billion in the past year to pay for a range of grandchildren’s needs, and that nearly two million grandparents have given up a job, reduced their hours or taken time off work to look after their grandchildren.
The Challenges of Raising the Next Generation in the Contemporary Culture of ...Jan Macvarish
This document summarizes a presentation given by Dr. Jan Macvarish at a family research conference in Finland. In 3 sentences:
Macvarish critiques the modern concept of "parenting" and how it has become focused on parental self-improvement and making "better" children through techniques promoted by parenting experts. He argues that this undermines parental confidence and solidarity. Macvarish traces the rise of this "neuroparenting" approach and how it has internationalized, citing examples from the UK, US, and Senegal.
Families Commission - Anne Kerslake Hendricks and Steve Attwoodihc
The IHC Childrens Rights Seminar on 23 March in Wellington which focused on Early and Sustained Support for Children with a Disability was a resounding success! Government and non-Government agencies, parents, advocates, and professionals from all sectors came together to discuss a range of issues facing children with a disability and their families in early life. The three presentations from the seminar can be accessed here and a further document stating IHC’s round up of the issues and plan for action will be released shortly.
IHC also announced the beginning of a new e-discussion group on this topic which received huge support, if you are interested in joining this group please email laura.o.donovan@ihc.org.nz indicating your interest and what you would like to get from this discussion group.
Community schools equity framework final working draftRashard Dyess-Lane
This document discusses community schools as an essential equity strategy. It argues that community schools can help close opportunity and achievement gaps by providing integrated student supports and services. Community schools bring together school resources with community partners and organizations to address barriers to learning like poverty, health issues, and lack of access to services. When implemented effectively through collaborative leadership structures, community schools have been shown to improve academic outcomes and engage families and communities. Examples from school districts in Oakland, Multnomah County, and Cincinnati illustrate how community schools can advance equity through strategies like restorative justice and targeting supports to disadvantaged groups.
Connections For Children provides resources, education, and guidance to support quality child care. The document discusses fostering resiliency in children to help them adapt to change. It explains that resilient children can rebound from hardships, connect with others, achieve goals, and share feelings. Children need the support of adults and a sense of structure and routine to build resiliency during stressful times. The organization helps children, families, and caregivers navigate challenges like divorce and offers training to promote social-emotional development and resilience.
Care for children is care for development. The work of SOS Children's Villages associations and their partners worldwide contributes directly to a number of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) to ensure a sustainable future for all. Learn how.
Mothers - The silent architects of society, When mothers are not supported so...Tahera Chaudhary
The document discusses the importance of mothers in society and the negative impacts when mothers are not properly supported. It makes three key points:
1) Breakdown of the family unit, such as due to divorce or fathers abandoning their roles, undermines children's development and leads to social problems. This costs societies greatly.
2) Mothers play a crucial role as the first educators of children and stabilizing force for families, but social and economic pressures often prevent them from fulfilling this role.
3) Supporting mothers to stay at home with young children until they are school-aged would benefit children's health and development as well as reduce financial and social costs to societies.
Looking Forward As We Examine The Past2009Kevin McLogan
The document discusses the history and importance of advocacy by the PTA. It outlines many issues the PTA has advocated for over time, from child labor laws to school nutrition programs. The PTA uses resolutions to determine the issues it supports and advocates influencing policy decisions. Advocacy is important to ensure laws and policies benefit children. PTA members are encouraged to get involved in advocacy by contacting legislators, writing letters, and using social media to educate others.
KITM: a voice for young people in separating familiesKidsintheMiddle
Kids in the Middle seeks to give children a voice regarding family separation by organizing groups of young people who have experienced parental separation. These groups will (1) film what children say about how separation should be managed to provide support and guidance to parents and professionals, and (2) build a website where children currently experiencing separation can support each other and address parents directly about managing conflict. The organization aims to reduce the harm of family separation on children through child-centered resources and advocacy.
The document discusses several reasons why some people choose to live alone. Economically prosperity allows many teenagers to move out of their parents' house. The rise in divorce rates and number of unmarried people also contributes to more single households. Large generational gaps in ways of thinking can also cause people to live alone. Living alone can cause loneliness and social isolation, linked to mental health issues. However, living alone also promotes freedom, personal control, and self-reliance. Overall, while there are drawbacks, the individualistic lifestyle is increasing.
The newsletter provides updates on Neighborhood House programs including spotlighting the growing Toddler Preschool program that uses a research-based curriculum to encourage social and academic development for young children. It also highlights the contributions of volunteers and donors who support Neighborhood House initiatives and help clients like Simon and his family who were profiled in the local newspaper and received financial assistance from generous readers. The document promotes upcoming events and recognizes partner organizations that support Neighborhood House through their employee giving campaigns.
The document discusses initiatives to help teen parents and their children break the cycle of poverty through education. It outlines that teen parents often have less education and career prospects, and their children often face health and developmental issues. The Hamilton East Public Library then proposes a new program to assist teen parents in achieving their potential through access to knowledge, resources, and support networks. The program's goals are to empower teen parents and improve outcomes for their children through partnership with other community organizations.
The Parliamentary Inquiry found that access to good quality, affordable childcare is particularly important for families with disabled children due to their increased risk of poverty. However, many families reported being unable to work due to a significant lack of suitable childcare options and higher costs of care for disabled children. The Inquiry heard that this lack of childcare forces some parents out of the workforce and others to work fewer hours than desired. Recommendations were made to address barriers to access, affordability, availability and inclusion of childcare for disabled children.
This document summarizes a debate on whether compulsory sex education should be taught in schools. In the debate:
1) The first negative speaker argues that parents, not teachers, should educate children on sex because parents know their children best and when they are ready.
2) The second negative speaker claims that sex education in schools could lead to higher rates of premarital sex as it may introduce the topic at a young age and make children think sex is safe.
3) The third negative speaker restates the negative team's position and summarizes their key points that sex education is better taught by parents, not in schools, and that it could increase early sexual activity.
This document compares the differences between current and earlier generations. It argues that earlier generations had a stronger work ethic, were more independent and resourceful, and faced harder consequences. In contrast, it says current generations feel more entitled, want more rewards without effort, rely on online connections over in-person interactions, and advocate through social media rather than real-world protests. The conclusion calls for current generations to appreciate what earlier generations have provided and contributed to society.
Dando Amor is a nonprofit charity that aids orphans in Ecuador, Haiti, and Burkina Faso, Africa. It operates a boys' home in Ecuador for boys aged 12-18 who would otherwise be homeless. Dando Amor aims to raise the boys out of poverty through education and skills training, with the goals of reuniting them with family, finding adoptive families, or enabling them to live independently. The organization seeks donations and volunteer efforts like a yearly shoe drive to support its work of providing for the boys' basic needs and preparing them for successful lives.
This document summarizes the work of First Hand, a voluntary organization committed to protecting, rehabilitating, and building better lives for Cambodian children who are victims of trafficking or at high risk. It supports two partner NGOs, Damnok Toek & Riverkids Project, through regular visits, financial assessments, and donations. All profits from fundraising are donated to support programs providing food, medical care, education and community development for vulnerable children in Cambodia.
For everyone and anyone who wants to know more about Free the Children and how you can get involved right here at YorkU with YorkFTC! Contact us at www.facebook.com/YorkFTC with any questions, comments, suggestions!
This document proposes policies to help single mothers by providing certain services rather than cash payments. It argues that single mothers should not have to live in poverty and that providing universal health insurance, childcare, education, and housing assistance would allow single mothers to live normal lives without harming gender equality. It also calls for reforms to the child support system to ensure fathers contribute adequately. While enacting such comprehensive programs faces political challenges, demonstrating the need for assistance and advocating for solutions is important progress.
This document discusses the importance of early intervention and supporting children during their primary school years to help overcome disadvantages and break cycles of underachievement. It contains chapters by experts focusing on areas like speech and language development, literacy and numeracy, social and emotional skills, parenting interventions, educational mobility and bridging gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged children. The introductions emphasize that intervening early from pre-school through primary years can significantly improve children's outcomes and have major long-term benefits both for individuals and society.
Oregon's youth are concerned about three main issues - the economy, education funding, and the environment. Regarding the economy, they see a lack of jobs and need for new industries in their communities. For education funding, students worry about budget cuts affecting their schools. They feel more funding is needed for programs. On the environment, youth value Oregon's natural beauty and want to protect natural resources. Overall, they feel their voices are not heard in community and statewide decision-making but want to be involved to help address these important issues facing their state.
The poll Time to care: generation generosity under pressure shows that grandparents have given a total of £8 billion in the past year to pay for a range of grandchildren’s needs, and that nearly two million grandparents have given up a job, reduced their hours or taken time off work to look after their grandchildren.
The Challenges of Raising the Next Generation in the Contemporary Culture of ...Jan Macvarish
This document summarizes a presentation given by Dr. Jan Macvarish at a family research conference in Finland. In 3 sentences:
Macvarish critiques the modern concept of "parenting" and how it has become focused on parental self-improvement and making "better" children through techniques promoted by parenting experts. He argues that this undermines parental confidence and solidarity. Macvarish traces the rise of this "neuroparenting" approach and how it has internationalized, citing examples from the UK, US, and Senegal.
Families Commission - Anne Kerslake Hendricks and Steve Attwoodihc
The IHC Childrens Rights Seminar on 23 March in Wellington which focused on Early and Sustained Support for Children with a Disability was a resounding success! Government and non-Government agencies, parents, advocates, and professionals from all sectors came together to discuss a range of issues facing children with a disability and their families in early life. The three presentations from the seminar can be accessed here and a further document stating IHC’s round up of the issues and plan for action will be released shortly.
IHC also announced the beginning of a new e-discussion group on this topic which received huge support, if you are interested in joining this group please email laura.o.donovan@ihc.org.nz indicating your interest and what you would like to get from this discussion group.
Family and Childcare Trust's annual review is a record of our achievements over the past financial year, including details of our funders, alongside details about our staff and members of our trustee board.
This document provides an introduction to the Parent Watch program, which was created to help parents dealing with crises related to their teenage children. The summary is:
1) Parent Watch was founded in 1993 and provides a structured support group for parents, led by a social worker and police officer, to regain control over their families and effectively deal with problems affecting their teens.
2) The program gives parents a non-judgmental forum to share challenges, get information from professionals, and develop solutions through a collaborative problem-solving process.
3) This manual was created to organize the topics covered in Parent Watch meetings and serve as a workbook to help parents work towards effective family management. It also maintains the focus on confidential
The document discusses the increasing focus in UK policy on early childhood development and parenting interventions. It outlines how New Labour and the Coalition government have promoted the idea that parenting skills can be taught and that certain parenting styles are evidence-based. Major reviews on early intervention recommended universal parenting programs, early education from birth, and regular assessments of preschoolers' social-emotional skills. Resulting policies aim to support maternal and child health, help parents through parenting programs, and expand early education and childcare.
This document discusses how early stage mediation can help ensure access to dispute resolution for fragile families. It begins by defining fragile families as unmarried parents and their children born out of wedlock. It then discusses four themes from a task force on how to design an ADR system that effectively addresses diversity: better understanding diverse end users; supporting diversity among ADR providers; increasing cultural competence of providers; and increasing community access to ADR tailored to diverse needs. The document calls for actions to apply these themes to ensure fragile families can access and benefit from early stage mediation.
This document summarizes the evolution and work of an organization that provides support for parents of premature babies. It discusses:
- How the organization started in 2009 and has since expanded its initiatives to include advocacy and research to improve preemie outcomes in addition to direct support.
- The need for donations and other assistance to help reach more preemie parents and support advocacy/research opportunities.
- How donations of any size can help the organization continue supporting parents through one of the most difficult experiences they will face.
This paper will argue that since the late 1990s, UK policy concerning teenage pregnancy and parenthood has set important precedents in the way in which the family is constructed and related to by the state. The incorporation of teenage parenthood into health promotion and social inclusion frameworks has allowed an apparently de-moralised construction of the teenage mother and her child, but closer inspection reveals that there are new stigmas associated with young parenthood. In particular, the shift to a ‘parenting as skill’ approach assumes that adequate child-rearing requires planning, self-scrutiny, knowledge and utilization of ‘techniques’, and the acceptance of formal support.
Four Family Loves was written by Dr. Robert Kittel, Director of Youth and Students for Peace, with assistance from Dr. Tyler Hendricks. It is endorsed by the Women’s Federation for World Peace, an NGO with General Consultative Status at the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC); the Universal Peace Federation, an NGO with ECOSOC Special Consultative Status; the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU); and Youth and Students for Peace (YSP). Ministries of Education, NGOs and FBOs everywhere are welcome to use it. We ask only the courtesy of a letter of acknowledgment sent to us at “ys4peace@gmail.com.” We believe its employment as a public and private school curriculum will lead individuals, families and nations to prosperity, peace and happiness.
The document provides tips for writing content for websites, including structuring text in an inverted pyramid style, employing a conversational tone, using active voice, utilizing action verbs, writing with fewer words, including one idea per paragraph, providing specific useful information, using clear headings and subheadings, formatting text appropriately, and proofreading for consistent style and correct grammar. The tips are intended to help writers adapt their work for the web in a way that is engaging, concise and easy for readers to understand and navigate.
Family and Childcare Trust's annual review is a record of our achievements over the past financial year, including details of our funders, alongside details about our staff and members of our trustee board.
The document summarizes the Parent Child Trauma Recovery Program (PCTRP), which provides advocacy and trauma treatment for protective parents and children exposed to domestic violence. The program combines advocacy services through twice monthly meetings between advocates and clinicians. Advocates accompany parents to legal proceedings and join therapy sessions to explain outcomes. The program aims to increase safety and allow healing in the parent-child relationship through a team approach using advocates and clinicians over 12 weeks. It facilitates parents understanding their children's experiences of trauma and recognizing their protective responses.
The document discusses engaging fathers in pregnancy centers and fatherhood initiatives. It provides an overview of a workshop on using mothers as a gateway to involve fathers more. It discusses the importance of fathers and the negative impacts of father absence, such as increased poverty, poor educational and health outcomes for children. It also notes that many fathers lack parenting skills and knowledge but want to be more involved in their children's lives.
The document discusses the child welfare system, including its goals of ensuring children's safety, achieving permanency, and strengthening families. It examines how parental substance abuse can impact a child's well-being and lead to maltreatment. The paper then outlines its structure, covering topics like needs assessment, goals of the National Center for Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, evidence-based interventions, and more.
Susi Taylor of New England Federal Credit Union has provided financial literacy expertise and support to the Lund Family Center's residential and community programs. She offers credit report access and assistance to women in repairing and rebuilding their credit histories. Additionally, Susi co-facilitates money management and budgeting classes. She develops relationships with the women and provides respectful, non-judgmental support. Susi plays an integral role in the education that Lund strives to provide to women in their programs.
Perbedaan Kritik Sastra Dan Essay SastraHeather Lopez
Here are a few suggestions for overcoming anxiety about presenting book reports:
1. Prepare well in advance. The more prepared you feel, the less anxious you may be. Make an outline, practice your presentation aloud, and anticipate possible questions.
2. Remember that most other students also feel nervous. Public speaking anxiety is very common. Try not to be too hard on yourself.
3. Focus on sharing your enjoyment of the book, not on performing. Think of your audience as interested friends, not critics.
4. Use notes as a security blanket if needed, but don't read your presentation word-for-word. Maintain eye contact with your listeners.
5. Breathe deeply before starting
Volume 2: issue 4
Contents
• PAN Materials: Impacting Communities in South Africa
• Policy Advocacy with Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to protect Children: Kenya
• Engaging Government in Developing a County Child Protection Policy: Kenya
• CHILD PORNOGRAPHY: A lack of parental guidance?
• Diversified Parenting in South Africa
• PAN Events: PAN SA Chapter Launched
Download previous PAN newsletters, click on link: http://www.parentinginafrica.org/en/index.php?option=com_jdownloads&Itemid=49&view=viewcategory&catid=6
The Manadoob Secret Connection Program for Self-Esteem provides a non-threatening environment for children to improve self-esteem while they learn and grow through the use of multi-cultural characters, animals, craft and imagination in the form of educational play. Academic skills in reading, writing, vocabulary, problem solving, observation, artistic expression and community outreach are enhanced. It’s fun and kids love it!!
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Childcare provision is a crucial part of a modern state’s
infrastructure: it enables parents to work, improves
children’s outcomes and helps narrow the gap
between disadvantaged children and their peers. The
importance of childcare is now recognised and over
the last 20 years there have been many policy changes
that have aimed to make childcare more affordable
for families, through free early education, tax credits,
vouchers and the new tax-free childcare scheme. Most
recently, the Government has announced that it will
double the hours of free early education for three and
four year olds, with working parents offered 30 hours
per week by 2017. But over the years officials and
decision-makers have given less attention to the other
side of the childcare conundrum - the availability of
childcare. Today, shortages of early education places
in some areas are putting the Government’s new
childcare plans in jeopardy.
There are around 6,300 children aged 0-4 and 11,300 children aged 5-14 in South West Norfolk. 22% of children lived in poverty in 2013. Childcare costs are similar to regional averages, though after-school and holiday care is generally cheaper and more expensive respectively. There are gaps in provision for holiday and two-year-old childcare as well as a decline in childminders impacting access to flexible care. Take-up of free early education for eligible two-year-olds is 76%, higher than regional and national rates.
This document discusses concerns about proposed changes in the Children and Families Bill that would allow childminders to register with childminder agencies rather than directly with Ofsted. Key points made include:
- Parents and childminders have voiced concerns that agency registration would reduce confidence in childcare quality and increase costs. Experience in other countries like the Netherlands shows agency models can lead to declining standards.
- Ofsted registration of individual childminders has improved standards and provides transparent quality information for parents. Agency monitoring may not provide consistent quality judgements.
- Agencies would have higher fixed costs than Ofsted and may pass these costs on to childminders and parents through higher fees.
- The number
Clause 76 poses a risk to the effectiveness of the Childcare Act duty on local authorities to provide sufficient childcare. Section 11 assessments are the mechanism through which local authorities meet the sufficiency duty, but their quality varies and many lack action plans. Repealing section 11 without replacement will weaken the duty. Maintaining but simplifying section 11 and providing detailed guidance, as local authorities requested, better addresses concerns while preserving the duty. Significant gaps in childcare remain, particularly for disadvantaged groups, limiting employment and development. An effective sufficiency duty framework remains important.
The Family and Childcare Trust briefs MPs and peers on legislation and policy issues affecting families.
These briefings are also helpful for anyone who wants a summary of the evidence, research findings and subsequent recommendations on key areas of family and children policy.
The Family and Childcare Trust briefs MPs and peers on legislation and policy issues affecting families.
These briefings are also helpful for anyone who wants a summary of the evidence, research findings and subsequent recommendations on key areas of family and children policy.
A two-part report published in February 2004. Part one details and analyses the results of a MORI poll, which found that 84% of parents felt that companies targeted their children too much. It also sets out the Family and Parenting Institute’s recommendations and looks at how other countries approach the issue. Part two presents the full report of a conference on marketing to children, which brought together opinion formers and policy makers in an open debate on the topic.
There has been an impassioned debate about children’s wellbeing in Britain since a 2007 UNICEF report on the subject put the UK at the bottom of a list of 21 rich countries.
In our report, we use data from the 2005 Families and Children Study (FACS) to look at England, Scotland and Wales, and compare income and wellbeing indicators in all three countries.
Adjusted incomes (for what families can buy with it) are slightly smaller for Child poverty is greater in England than in Scotland and Wales, and low incomepoorer families tend to have slightly lower purchasing power, and child poverty is greater in England than in Scotland and Wales, but England fares better than its smaller neighbours when it comes to key wellbeing indicators, such as health, housing and child behaviour.
We argue that, when comparing different countries on the British mainland, income by itself is not the best measure of children's wellbeing.
A wide-ranging examination of international research and other literature that analyses current definitions, theoretical models and measurement tools, and examines quality issues such as validity and transferability, as well as the conceptual and practical challenges of measuring family wellbeing. It considers whether existing datasets and surveys could be used for measuring family wellbeing and proposes future directions for such research in the UK. It also includes comprehensive appendices that detail the many concepts and measures that have been identified in the literature. Download can government measure family wellbeing report.
This document reviews literature on conceptualizing and measuring family wellbeing. It finds that while family wellbeing is widely discussed, there is no consensus on how to define or measure it. The review examines theoretical models of family wellbeing and approaches to measurement. It concludes that comprehensive, longitudinal data is needed to understand family wellbeing and the impact of policies, but such data is currently lacking in the UK. Representing both objective and subjective dimensions across multiple domains would ideally capture how various factors interact to influence family functioning over time.
In 2011 the Prime Minister proposed implementing a family test for all domestic policies. This paper was the Family and Parenting Institute’s initial response to the proposal. Family and Parenting Institute welcomed the concept and argued that family-proofing domestic policies would make for a more coordinated approach across different Departments. The report considers what would be needed to make a family test a success, including the need to develop more than a checklist, tackling culture as well as process, improving consultation and dialogue with families, and committing to independent assessment of any progress.
Between March 2004 and March 2011, the Family and Parenting Institute managed the Parenting Fund on behalf of successive UK governments. The parenting fund was the largest and most successful scheme ever to support UK parenting.
The Parenting Fund provided support to a web of grassroots organisations across the country which, in turn, supported the most vulnerable families in their communities. The families who were helped were experiencing problems including intergenerational unemployment, relationships marked by conflict, drink and drug abuse, and frequent contact with the police.
This report examines the success of the fund and the Family and Parenting Institute’s role in administering funding
Coalition Prime Minister David Cameron pledged to make Britain a truly family friendly country. This pledge created an opportunity for the government to 'family-proof' its new policies, creating conditions that really help families thrive. However, as the 2010 Report Card shows, there is a considerable distance to go before this aspiration can be achieved.
The 2011 Report Card edition of the report card highlights the scale of the government’s challenge in delivering the Prime Minister’s commitment to make the UK the most family friendly country in Europe. The report shows how tough making the UK family friendly is given the economic climate and considerable squeeze on public and family finances.
The 2012 Report Card indicated it is becoming difficult for the Prime Minister to stick to his commitment of creating a society which truly supports family life. The report card highlights that the condition of the economy continues to make life intensely difficult for millions of UK families, who currently face a triple squeeze of tax and benefit changes, high childcare costs and high costs of living.
The poll Time to care: generation generosity under pressure shows that grandparents have given a total of £8 billion in the past year to pay for a range of grandchildren’s needs, and that nearly two million grandparents have given up a job, reduced their hours or taken time off work to look after their grandchildren.
This document summarizes the findings of a survey of Family Information Services in England and Wales conducted by Daycare Trust and NAFIS. It finds that 88% of local authorities have cut budgets for family information services, jeopardizing their quality. Many services are being merged into call centers, undermining outreach and childcare brokerage duties required by law. The survey received responses from 118 family information services, representing 68% of local authorities. It found that services receive an average of 391 enquiries per month, though numbers vary greatly. Half of enquiries are by telephone, while some services have little face-to-face contact. Most services also track large numbers of website hits. The document examines the work and
This document discusses the work of Family Information Services in England. It finds that while most FIS are providing a high quality service, a minority are underperforming and not meeting standards. Key findings include that FIS are answering an estimated 430,000 inquiries annually, but 58% have faced budget cuts in the last 18 months and 52% expect further cuts. The document concludes with recommendations, including ensuring all FIS comply with legal duties, improving online information, and retaining specialized FIS staff when services are merged into call centers.
This document provides a report card on how family friendly the UK is based on analysis of policy, statistics, and a survey of parents. It examines how families are faring in terms of income and poverty, employment, and public services like education, healthcare, and social care. While most parents are satisfied with public services, many families feel the financial squeeze of stagnant wages and rising costs of living. Access to affordable childcare, flexible work opportunities, and extra-curricular activities are identified as areas needing improvement to better support families.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
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This report explores the significance of border towns and spaces for strengthening responses to young people on the move. In particular it explores the linkages of young people to local service centres with the aim of further developing service, protection, and support strategies for migrant children in border areas across the region. The report is based on a small-scale fieldwork study in the border towns of Chipata and Katete in Zambia conducted in July 2023. Border towns and spaces provide a rich source of information about issues related to the informal or irregular movement of young people across borders, including smuggling and trafficking. They can help build a picture of the nature and scope of the type of movement young migrants undertake and also the forms of protection available to them. Border towns and spaces also provide a lens through which we can better understand the vulnerabilities of young people on the move and, critically, the strategies they use to navigate challenges and access support.
The findings in this report highlight some of the key factors shaping the experiences and vulnerabilities of young people on the move – particularly their proximity to border spaces and how this affects the risks that they face. The report describes strategies that young people on the move employ to remain below the radar of visibility to state and non-state actors due to fear of arrest, detention, and deportation while also trying to keep themselves safe and access support in border towns. These strategies of (in)visibility provide a way to protect themselves yet at the same time also heighten some of the risks young people face as their vulnerabilities are not always recognised by those who could offer support.
In this report we show that the realities and challenges of life and migration in this region and in Zambia need to be better understood for support to be strengthened and tuned to meet the specific needs of young people on the move. This includes understanding the role of state and non-state stakeholders, the impact of laws and policies and, critically, the experiences of the young people themselves. We provide recommendations for immediate action, recommendations for programming to support young people on the move in the two towns that would reduce risk for young people in this area, and recommendations for longer term policy advocacy.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
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Family and Parenting Institute annual review 2006-07
1. RESEARCH & POLICY for THE REAL WORLD
Giving families a voice
Annual Report 2006-2007
2. We worry about crime and
anti-social behaviour and about
what sort of world our children
will grow up in
3. We know from history that the family
has always been a most resilient
institution. But we worry about how
much it is under strain and about
which policies offer most to families
in our changing world.
Public debate is highly contested.
Every new initiative in parenting
support is argued over; praised
for replacing the ‘lost’ extended
family; derided as another example
of a ‘nanny’ state interfering but,
nonetheless failing to tackle the
‘root’ causes of family breakdown.
The high-volume debate means
there is a lot of blame and guilt
around. We need to get a clearer
view of what is going on so we can
have effective rather than sound-bite
family policy. Most of all, we need to
get a picture from families directly.
The Family and Parenting Institute
aims to listen to and learn from the
experiences and views of families
of all kinds across the country, and
across the generations.
Each family is unique but many
concerns and desires are shared
by every family. We want safe
communities for our children; we
want to be able to spend time with
each other; we worry about crime
and anti-social behaviour and about
what sort of world our children will
grow up in.
Families can feel isolated, left to
cope alone with problems they
can’t handle by themselves. This
shouldn’t be the case. So we
work to make their voices heard in
Government and locally, for example
in schools, health services, and
A message from our Chair and Chief Executive
businesses. Through our forums,
surveys, research, focus groups
and discussions we listen to families
and take those concerns to policy
makers and opinion formers.
More than this, we give parents the
opportunity to put these concerns
directly to politicians themselves.
In this report you will read about our
Meet the Parents events and the
Parental Voice project; both ways of
empowering parents and giving them
forums to make themselves heard.
But listening is not enough.
We work with others to change
the environment for families. We
have pioneered the importance
of family-friendly services and
communities. We have argued for
more responsible business practice
in marketing to children, better
employment practice and child
care, for time to care. We have
argued for more parenting and
relationship services and brought
voluntary organisations together to
run innovative programmes reaching
thousands of parents across
England.
With debate so heated, calm voices
are necessary and so is space for
honest debate. We work to promote
resilience, the spread of knowledge
and expertise. This is the opposite
of finger-wagging or moralising; it’s
the opposite of patronising parents
or experts knowing best. It’s about
acknowledging that being a parent
and developing a happy family life is
fundamentally important to people,
that skills to enrich relationships are
people’s right to know about and
choose, and that government and
the wider community have a role
in making the UK a place where
families thrive and have a future.
This report will tell you more about
the work we have done over the last
year. We are proud of the work we
do and we are proud of who we do
it for.
The Family and Parenting Institute was set up, as we turned the
century, in the context of great anxiety about the family. That anxiety
continues as we confront the painful facts of our lives together
– children killed in unsafe streets and social inequalities still leaving
poor children far behind.
Fiona Millar Chair
Mary MacLeod Chief Executive
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4. Giving a voice to families
Families are raising children in a challenging world. They tell us that they
mainly look to friends and family for information and advice on meeting
these challenges. But they also value help and advice on parenting from
schools and children's centres, GPs and heath visitors. They say, though,
that services to help them get the best out of relationships with their
partners and their children or to assist if things go 'pear-shaped'
are hard to find.
Since its inception in 1999, the
Family and Parenting Institute has
been committed to giving families
a voice and throughout last year
we worked hard to make sure that
these voices were heard at the
very highest level.
Parents’ Panel
Our Parents’ Panel is made up
of just under 250 parents from all
across the UK. Recruited through
our website and literature, panel
members take part in our events
and provide vital feedback on
our work as well as speaking to
decision-makers and the media
about their own experiences as
parents. Every single member of
the Parents’ Panel plays an
important part in our work and we
would like once again to thank
them for all that they do for us.
Meet the Parents
Last summer and autumn, the
Family and Parenting Institute
hosted three events where
members of our Parents’ Panel
had the chance to put questions
about what mattered to them and
their families to leading politicians.
David Cameron, Alan Johnston and
Sir Menzies Campbell all took part
in lively discussions and parents
were given a unique chance to
make their voices heard.
“It was great to get the chance
to speak to them. Politicians don’t
listen enough to ordinary parents”
Parental Voice
When Government is legislating
for families and parents, parents
should be recognised as key
stakeholders and their views should
be sought and listened to. The
Family and Parenting Institute,
in partnership with the National
Consumer Council, has been
working with the Department for
Children, Schools and Families to
explore how it can properly engage
with parents.
“You need to get parents involved
and make them believe they can
make a difference”
Media Presence
The Family and Parenting Institute
continues to be the leading voice of
authority on families and parenting
issues. Notable highlights over
the last year include our Parents’
Week coverage on TV parenting,
Parent Child 2006 Conference
coverage exploring Government’s
role in supporting parents and Meet
the Parents. We also continued
to provide first class comment
and analysis both nationally and
internationally.
“We don’t cherish our
children enough”
Sunday Post, February 2007
“Parents ‘rely on TV for advice’”
BBC Online, October 2006
“Since its inception seven years
ago, the Family and Parenting
Institute has been working hard
to gather together all academics,
professionals, and activists
concerned with family policy to
discuss best practice”
The Times, November 2006
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5. We don’t cherish our
children enough
Sunday Post, February 2007
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6. Seminars
Progressive Inequality?
Difficult Questions for the Next
Decade, February 2007
This seminar, which we hosted
on behalf of the Commission
on Families and the Wellbeing
of Children explored what can
be done to tackle the growing
inequalities in Britain. It examined
issues such as the role of
education, what the Government
could do and what needs to be
done to properly deliver on child
poverty asking “Is a focus on
child poverty appropriate, or is
it deflecting attention from the
economic trends that are resulting
in increased inequality?”
The Criminal Responsibility
of Children and Their Parents,
June 2006
This was also hosted on behalf
of the Commission on Families
and the Wellbeing of Children and
looked at two issues at which the
Commission had raised serious
concerns; the age of criminal
responsibility (one of the youngest
in Europe) and the dual nature
of youth offending affecting both
parents and children. The seminar
examined these difficult issues and
considered ways by which the state
can better support children who
commit offences and their families
while still protecting society from
anti-social behaviour.
Commission in Haste,
Repent at Leisure? April 2006
Preventative services are difficult
to evaluate and there is a sense
in some quarters that we may be
asking too much of this type of
intervention, and consequently
setting the bar too high in relation
to the impact of preventative
services on families. This seminar
examined the issues surrounding
Research for the real world
The Family and Parenting Institute produces thought provoking research
and policy. We host seminars, bringing together some of the leading
authorities on family life and parenting issues and giving them platforms
to debate and share ideas and our publications move forward debate
and provide valuable tools for practitioners.
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7. Bringing together some of the
leading authorities on family
life and parenting issues and
giving them platforms to debate
and share ideas
this crucial debate and asked if
the increasing emphasis on using
evaluative research to inform
decision making in relation to
supporting families and improving
outcomes for children was
responsible for the disappointing
results so far.
Publications
“Children Talking about Brothers
and Sisters is so refreshingly
simple and very effective.”
Over the last year, the Family and
Parenting Institute has once more
published thought-provoking and
innovative reports, books and policy
discussion papers covering a wide
range of topics and ideas.
Attachment and the Perils of
Parenting was a major new review
of the issues and debates round
this theory. Drawing on historic
and contemporary debates around
John Bowlby’s often controversial
theories and their development, the
author, Dr Helen Barrett, produced
a well received publication which
became an important addition to
the libraries of those working in the
field of child development.
As part of our on-going work to
investigate best practice in service
commissioning, planning and
delivery, the Institute completed
two significant surveys into the
provision of family support in
Children’s Centres and Extended
Schools. Due to be published in
April 2007, alongside specially
written summaries aimed at
practitioners, these reports will
provide much needed insight into
this fast growing sector.
With funding from the Joseph
Rowntree Foundation, we published
Evaluating Evaluations; an objective
examination of the evaluation
methods used to asses the
effectiveness of Home Start, Sure
Start and the Primary Age Learning
Study. These findings were also
presented at a seminar which was
again funded by the Foundation.
For practitioners, we published
Children Talking about Brothers and
Sisters, a booklet which presented
the views of children aged between
seven and 13 about a range of
facets of their relationships with
their brothers and sisters showing
the everyday ups and downs of life
with siblings, drawing on children’s
own understandings as a source.
Finally, and in continuation of
our important strand of cultural
diversity, we published a new
edition of the highly regarded
Cultural Competence Toolkit and
in August will publish Religion and
Parenting Practice, a major review
of contemporary research on this
crucial topic.
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8. Putting policy into practice
The Family and Parenting Institute works to produce innovative policy
which addresses the needs of the sector. We aim to give practitioners
the tools they need to support Britain’s families.
Parents’ Week 2006
Parents’ Week, our annual
awareness week, is the highlight
of our calendar. It has the dual aim
of promoting informed debate
about families and family support
and helping local family services
reach out to parents and build
local alliances for success.
This year’s theme was ‘Happy
Families’ and it examined the
various paths families take towards
happiness. This well received theme
saw 8000 resource packs, twice
as many as for Parents’ Week
2005, being distributed to Sure
Start projects, Children’s Centres,
libraries, local groups and more.
Along with Ipsos MORI, we carried
out a survey of parents examining
where they turned to for advice,
focusing specifically on the rise
of popular television parenting
programmes. Our subsequent
report ‘The Power of TV Parenting
Programmes – Help or Hazard for
Today’s Families?’ was launched
at the beginning of the week and
sparked a lively debate with press
coverage stretching as far afield
as the USA.
The Week was rounded off with
our traditional House of Commons
reception with guest speakers
Beverly Hughes MP and Dr Tanya
Byron. The reception is much
appreciated amongst colleagues
as a chance to meet and renew
old contacts, meet new colleagues
and celebrate achievements in
family policy.
Parent-Child 2006
“I do prefer to come to FPI
conferences as a priority as I
have always found them highly
professional and extremely
useful in terms of practice.”
Children’s Centre Manager
The Parent-Child Conference is
our biennial flagship international
conference which gives researchers,
policy makers, practitioners and
service providers the chance to
debate the cutting edge issues and
share knowledge and best practice
through debates and workshops.
This year’s conference, which
took place in November 2006,
saw 450 delegates packing out
the Connaught Rooms in London.
We were delighted to welcome
Minister for Children and Families,
Beverley Hughes MP and Leader
of the Opposition, David Cameron
MP to give the keynote addresses
and delegates enjoyed debating
a wealth of topics from world
renowned speakers and experts.
The Conference programme and
papers are available on our website
www.familyandparenting.org/
PC2006Papers
Informing and influencing policy
makers and the sector
When Government is legislating
for parents and families The
Family and Parenting Institute
plays a pivotal role in policy advice
and analysis and in bringing
together stakeholders from
Government and sector to move
key debates forward. We hosted a
round table discussion with Harriet
Harman, Minster for Justice,
on the controversial topic of
transparency in family courts and
the Families Interagency Group
(formerly the Family Policy Forum),
which is convened by the FPI,
meets regularly to discuss policy
issues. We are also represented
on over 70 government and other
advisory/steering groups. We
produced briefings, consultation
responses and discussion papers
covering a wide variety of policy
and practice areas including the
scope, role and implementation
of family services, the Social
Exclusion Task Force Families at
Risk Review, The Runnymede Trust
Faith Schools Consultation, Care
Matters, and the HM Treasury/
DfES Children and Young People
policy review. Our online policy
digest www.familyandparenting.org/
familyPolicyDigest provides
a monthly update on policy news
and updates.
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9. The power of TV parenting
programmes
Last year the Family and
Parenting Institute launched
our new Business Development
Unit, combining the possibilities
for securing new and additional
funding for our work and offering
practitioners and policy makers
the opportunity of adding research
answers to their practice and
policy needs. We have offered
expert support to a wide range of
organisations and across a large
number of policy or practice areas,
for example,
• Supporting the Government’s
RESPECT areas in developing
new evidence based parenting
services and support, reaching
the ‘hardest to help’
• Developing the design and
delivery of useful and research
based parenting/family support
strategies for children’s services
departments
• Assessing the evidence base for
parenting interventions
• Supporting Youth Offending Teams
to embrace parenting issues fully
• Researching what parents want,
from whom, when and how
• Enabling large organisations to
‘hear’ children’s and parents’ voices
• Assessing the efficacy of family
support services in children’s
centres and extended schools
• Informing agencies about the
best ways of assisting parents in
supporting their children’s learning
and their children’s health
• Researching how well
commissioning services for families
works in rural areas
• Developing national standards for
supervised contact services
Working with practitioners
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11. Social innovation
One of the Family and Parenting Institute’s most important functions
is to think about innovative ways of providing services to parents and to
replicate and spread the learning from successful projects. We know that
parenting support can turn lives around and so we facilitate knowledge
sharing and promote new and exciting practices.
Transition Information
Sessions in Schools –
Starting School Project
Many families go through a rapid
adjustment phase as each child
starts school age five, then later
moves to secondary school age
eleven. There are few opportunities
to exchange information and share
experiences between parents and
schools, especially for families with
older children and adolescents.
Yet this kind of contact between
parents and schools can often be
the most reassuring at a time when
families may be uncertain about
what to expect.
The Starting School Project is
part of the wider Department for
Children, Schools and Families
Extended Schools Project. The
Family And Parenting Institute
was awarded a contract by DCSF
to plan and design pilot sessions
for this project. In pilot schools,
parents would come along for
hour long sessions to give them
information about the school and
other local services and lay the
foundations of a successful home/
school partnership.
As part of the Transition Information
Sessions project, we organised
a “Lessons Learned” event in
January 2007 in Birmingham (at
the Botanical Gardens) attended
by 80 delegates from the nine
local authorities who had taken
part in the Year one demonstration
project. The intention of this event
was to draw together key partners
involved in the first phase of the TIS
demonstration project, to share and
learn from experiences, hear about
the preliminary findings from the
independent evaluation, draw from
good practice and identify practical
and strategic issues that need to be
considered to ensure an effective
national roll-out to all schools.
Early Learning Partnership
Programme
“For me, this has been a lifeline. It
gets me out of the house and has
helped me to understand lots more
about my son as well as being a
chance to meet people”
Parents are children’s first and
most effective educators and when
parents have aspirations for their
children and engage actively with
them through conversation, reading
and play then their children are more
likely to have positive outcomes.
Sometimes, for whatever reasons,
parents may feel unable to do this
which can lead to children becoming
educationally disadvantaged.
Chronic poverty, mental health
problems, relationship problems,
conflict and harsh and inconsistent
discipline are among the factors that
can work against a positive home
learning environment.
In October 2006, the DfES awarded
the Family and Parenting Institute
a contract to lead a consortium of
seven voluntary agencies to deliver
the Early Learning Partnership
Project to deliver 12 complementary
tried and tested approaches in
20 localities in England. It will
demonstrate different approaches of
identifying and engaging with parents
of children aged 1-3 who are at risk
of learning delay and will support
them to get involved in their child’s
early learning.
The lead partners are: Barnardos,
ContinYou, Coram Family, FWA,
Home-Start, NCH and the Pre-
School Learning Alliance.
Parenting Fund
The Parenting Fund is run by the
Family and Parenting Institute on
behalf of the DCSF and exists to
• Do more for parents who have
been less well served in the past.
For example: black and minority
ethnic parents, parents with
mental health problems, families
living with conflict, parents with
disabilities or who have children
with a disability
• Strengthen the network of
services in the voluntary sector
that support parents in bringing
up their children
• Highlight and promote good
practices so that they can be
used by all family and parent
support services.
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12. Round One
October 2006 saw the successful
completion of Round One of the
Parenting Fund with 134 projects
supported.
Round One of the Parenting Fund
reached thousands of parents
across England who are facing
tough times - some because of
the death of a parent or child, some
because of disability, mental or
physical ill health, others because
of serious parenting difficulties.
We reached:
• 32,400 via direct work
with parents
• 9,200 via support to children
• 38,000 via support and advice
to practitioners
• 888,000 via information
for parents.
The final report on the Parenting
Fund’s first round is due for
publication in autumn 2007, but
there are already clear messages for
practitioners from our initial studies:
• What is necessary is a flexible
approach to parenting support
which supports early interventions
but allows for longer term support
for families with complex and
entrenched difficulties
Case studies
Strengthening Families, Strengthening
Communities: North West
Run by the Racial Equality Unit and funded by the
Parenting Fund, this project trained 86 people from
43 organisations in the North West and delivered
17 programmes reaching more than 150 parents.
“I was having discipline issues with by two twin boys,
both aged six. So I went to the programme and
at the beginning I didn’t think it would be useful. I
thought ‘Surely they’ll just tell me about stuff I was
already doing. But by the end of the 12 weeks it
had changed my life”
Lone Parent, Manchester.
Winston’s Wish: Help for bereaved children
and their families
“How do you explain that Mum’s dead when
she doesn’t understand what death is?”
A child under 18 is bereaved of their parents every
30 minutes and between 4 per cent and 7 per cent
of all young people will experience the death of a
parent before they reach 18.
The Parenting Fund gave support to Winston’s Wish
to run a pilot project for bereaved pre-school children
and their parents which helped them come to terms
with and understand their loss.
Social innovation
• Many parents helped by the
Parenting Fund projects had had
difficulty in accessing services
in the past, and reported real
change in their lives as a result
of the support they received.
Voluntary sector provision is
a crucial constituent of family
support and as such requires
investment
• The Parenting Fund model
demonstrates that a well-
managed programme of funding
for the voluntary sector with
clearly defined objectives,
providing flexible support to grant
holders can achieve a significant
amount in a fairly limited time
period. A longer period of
funding would ensure services
could be more effectively
embedded into strategic
developments.
Round Two
Round Two of the Parenting Fund
launched in July 2006 and will run
until June 2008. There are two
major differences from Round One.
Firstly, the criteria have widened
and a whole family approach has
been adopted with an emphasis
on teenagers, the Respect Agenda
and relationship support. Of
course, promoting social inclusion
and improving access to services
and support for less well-served
communities remains a cornerstone
of the fund.
The second key difference is that
the Fund focuses on 23 different
localities working with local
organisations and no longer covers
regional and national projects.
Funded projects are still expected
to deliver learning and outcomes
that can be picked up nationally.
Initial reports and feedback suggest
that Round Two is running smoothly
and successfully with 50,000
parents expected to benefit.
Family and Parenting Institute staff
have been visiting projects across
England and continue to closely
monitor projects while still allowing
the autonomy necessary to make
these projects successful.
The Family and Parenting Institute
is grateful for the role of our partners,
PriceWaterhouseCooper for their
role in assessing initial applications
and for the hard work of the Grants
Panel and our Trustees in selecting
the successful applicants.
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13. “ How do you explain that
Mum’s dead when she
doesn’t understand what
death is?”
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14. Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds Total Funds
Funds Funds 2007 2006
£ £ £ £
Incoming resources
Incoming resources from generated funds:
Voluntary income:
Donations 1,000 - 1,000 2,500
Activities for generating funds:
Interest receivable 123,760 - 123,760 114,374
Rent 7,134 - 7,134 3,607
Incoming resources from charitable activities:
Contracts 3,589,840 - 3,589,840 628,017
Parenting Fund Grants - 6,197,230 6,197,230 9,806,916
Other Grants - received 850,000 198,783 1,048,783 891,918
Grants - movement in deferred income - - - -
Publications, Subscriptions and Conference 75,281 - 75,281 58,351
Consultancy 21,978 - 21,978 108,308
Total Incoming Resources 4,668,993 6,396,013 11,065,006 11,613,991
Resources expended
Costs of generating funds
Fundraising 81,635 - 81,635 87,417
Charitable expenditure:
Parenting Fund 374,063 5,562,419 5,936,482 10,674,982
Communications and Public Education 480,706 24,426 505,132 264,692
Development and Innovation 1,853,140 132,930 1,986,070 -
Information to Parents 198,371 10,534 208,905 270,552
Policy and Research 498,861 70,824 569,685 457,766
Governance Costs 35,782 - 35,782 36,123
Total resources expended 3,522,558 5,801,133 9,323,691 11,791,532
Net Incoming Resources before Transfers
Net Income for the Year 1,146,435 594,880 1,741,315 (177,541)
Transfers between funds (8,273) 8,273 - -
Net Movement in funds 1,138,162 603,153 1,741,315 (177,541)
Total Funds at 1 April 2006 715,010 97,517 812,527 990,068
Total Funds at 31 March 2007 1,853,172 700,670 2,553,842 812,527
Statement of Financial Activities
For the year ending 31 March 2007 (Incorporating and income and expenditure account)
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15. Balance Sheet
at 31 March 2007
2007 2006
£ £ £
Fixed Assets
Tangible assets 16,767 5,350
Current Assets
Debtors 484,081 91,237
Cash at bank and in hand 4,308,935 2,317,347
4,793,016 2,408,584
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year 2,255,941 1,542,407
Net Current Assets 2,537,075 866,177
2,553,842 871,527
Creditors amounts falling due after more than one year - (59,000)
Total Assets less Current Liabilities 2,553,842 812,527
Funds
Unrestricted:
Designated 301,767 205,350
General 1,551,405 509,660
1,853,172 715,010
Restricted 700,670 97,517
2,553,842 812,527
Trustees’ statement for
summarised accounts
The attached summarised financial
statements are not the statutory
accounts but have been derived from the
audited financial statements, which were
approved by the Trustees on 11 October
2007. The full statements have been
audited and given an unqualified report.
Copies of the full statements have been
submitted to the Charity Commission and
to the Registrar of Companies.
The summary accounts may not contain
sufficient information to allow for a full
understanding of the financial affairs of
the charity. For further information, the full
accounts including the audit report may
be obtained from the NFPI.
Approved by the Trustees on 11 October
2007 and signed on their behalf by:
Fiona Millar Chair
Laurie Edmans Treasurer
Independent Auditor’s statement to
the Trustees of the National Family and
Parenting Institute
We have examined the summarised
financial statements of the National Family
and Parenting Institute.
Respective responsibilities of
Trustees and Auditors
The Trustees are responsbie for preparing
the summarised financial information in
accordance with the recommendations
of the charities SORP 2005.
Our responsibility is to report to you
our opinion on the consistency of the
summarised financial statements with the
full financial statements and Trustees’
report. We also read other information
contained in the Annual Report and consider
the implications for our report if we become
aware of any apparent misstatements
or material inconsistencies with the
summarised financial statements.
Basis of opinion
We conducted our work in accordance with
Bulletin 1996/6 “The auditors statement”
issued by the Auditing Practices Board for
use in the United Kingdom.
Opinion
In our opinion the summarised financial
statements are consistent with the full
financial statements and Trustees’ report
of the NFPI for the year ended
31 March 2007.
Kingston Smith LLP
Chartered Accountants and Registered
Auditors
Devonshire House
60 Goswell Road
London
EC1M 7AD
11 October 2007
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16. Family and Parenting Institute
Funders:
Lloyds TSB Foundation
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Vodafone UK
The Children’s Mutual
DCSF
Senior Management
March 2006 – April 2007
Mary MacLeod
Chief Executive
Richard Allen
Director of Parenting Fund
Shaun Glanville
Head of Fundraising
Clem Henricson
Director of Research and Policy
Mary King
Director of Finance and Operations
Lucy Lloyd
Director of Communications
Honor Rhodes
Director of Business Development
(from October 2006)
President
Dame Margaret Booth, DBE
Patrons
Jane Ashley
Sir Peter Barclay, CBE
(from September 2005)
Lord Richard Best, OBE
Julia Cleverdon, CVE CBE
Shirley Conran, OBE
Richard Downs
Margaret Harrison, CBE
(from September 2005)
Baroness Linklater of Butterstone
Dr Mark Porter
James Sainsbury
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