Quarriers provides over 100 services to support vulnerable children, families, and individuals affected by disabilities, homelessness, epilepsy, and multiple deprivation. This document focuses on Quarriers' Early Years Family Support Project in Greater Easterhouse, an area with high rates of child poverty and poor parenting outcomes. The Project operates a Family Resource Centre providing childcare, education, family support services, and activities for families with children aged 0-12. Funding from sources like TSEIF supports holistic early intervention for 60 families, with goals of improved health, wellbeing, development, and relationships between parents and children. The Project highlights include increased referrals and support for families, as well as stronger participation and outcomes. Challenges include demonstrating

1. Quarriers - Early Intervention
Quarriers Early Years Family Support
Project, Greater Easterhouse

2. About Quarriers
• Over 100 services:
– Children & Adults with
Disabilities
– Young Homeless
People
– Epilepsy
– Children & Families
affected by Multiple
Deprivation

3. Vulnerable Families, NE Glasgow
• Highest density of
looked after and
accommodated
children
• Majority aged prebirth-4 years
• Poor parenting –
primary reason

4. Family Resource Centre
• Childcare &
Education for 0-3s
• Individual Family
Support, Families
with children 0-12
• Broader Family
Support &
Opportunities for
children 0-12 and
parents

5. TSEIF Funding
• 1 year funding, holistic early years support
• 60 children (0-3) and their families
• Outcomes:
• Improved health
• Improved emotional wellbeing & intellectual
development
• Improved relationships between children and their
parents/ carers
• Parents more able to support, care for and nurture
their child

6. Funding History
• Glasgow City Council
• Early Years Early
Action Fund
• TSEIF
• BLF Investing in
Communities –
Supporting 21st Century
Life
• Charitable Trusts

7. Project Highlights
• More referrals - more families receiving
Early Years support
• Strong progress and participation of
children and parents
• More Groupwork & integration of family
support and nursery-based support
• New transition support

8. Project Challenges
• Demonstrating impact over 1 year
Monitoring & evaluation of outcomes not
restricted to the TSEIF 1-year period
• Capturing an overview at Family & Service
level
Evolution of systems based on experience of
applying for BLF funding

9. Monitoring & Evaluating Impact
• BLF application:
• Needed to evidence
that investment
would be worthwhile
Track record positive outcomes
Track record preventative effect

10. Old Practice
• Detailed case notes per child/ family
• Collated data – outputs, not outcomes
• Evidencing outcomes – time consuming
• Records kept per support activity
• Long-term impact: no formal records

11. New Practice
• Collating full records of needs and
services received per individual/ family
• Summarising outcomes for children and
parents – “before and after”
• Longer-term outcomes: consulting families
to understand preventative effect

12. Learning & Changes
• Old processes not sufficiently:
– Outcomes-focused
– Efficient/ easy access
• New processes: evolution, not wholly new
– Collated data: overview per child/family
– Overview of outcomes achieved
– Planned & structured follow-up to gauge
preventative effect

13. Thank you!
anna.mctaggart@quarriers.org.uk
christine.forbes@quarriers.org.uk