Family Champions Project

The Family Champions project is facilitated by PYOP and offers short term practical support to parents in the home with a variety of outreach support packages for families and carers with children aged 0-13.

As a parent, you want what’s best for you and your child, even though things may be difficult at times. We all need encouragement and support from time to time, this may be long or short-term help depending on differing circumstances.

Family Champions workers help parents who may need a form of assistance, from single parents trying to manage with lots of children to families coping with an illness or those going through counselling or a particularly difficult time need not struggle on alone. If there is an illness or disability in the family it might prove difficult getting children ready for school. Parents may need help with the school run in the morning or supporting children with behavioural difficulties or special needs.

Family Champions is a joint initiative with Sure Start ABC and On-Track. Family Champion workers spend most of their time with families in the home out of school hours – either early mornings or afternoons, when the children are at home and help is most needed.

Further Information
To find out more about Family Champions please contact Dawn Whitehead on 02392 220 200 or 07984 670982.