Family Pathfinders
The £16 million Family Pathfinders and Extended Pathfinders for Young Carers project will test and inform the development and implementation of the 'think family' approach set out in Think Family: Improving the life chances of families at risk by improving the coordination between adult and children's services to support families at risk. It will also build on learning from innovative, family-based services such as Family Intervention Projects, and will be at the heart of driving sustained and improved outcomes for disadvantaged families.
The project will run for three years from May 2008 and will address systems change at all levels within local areas, from frontline delivery to strategy and governance. In addition, some areas will have an Extended Family Pathfinder for Young Carers which will address in more detail the support needs of families with young carers, and test preventative support.
The areas that will deliver Family Pathfinders are: Blackpool, Bolton, Brighton and Hove, Durham, Gateshead, Islington, Leeds, Salford, Somerset, Southampton, Southend, Sunderland, Walsall, Warrington and Westminster.
The six areas who will receive additional funds for young carers are: Bolton, Gateshead, Islington, Leeds, Somerset and Sunderland.
For more information, read the press notice issued on 4 May 2008.
If you have any questions about Family Pathfinders please email the Family
Pathfinders' Team.
This page was last updated on 14 May 2008
