Modernising Public Services through Cooperative Partnerships
- May 2025
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A Family Wellbeing Centre
Working through a multi-agency partnership based within local communities eight former children’s centres were redeveloped into Family Wellbeing Centres (FWC), bringing together more services to meet multiple family needs, while delivering the required budget savings. The multi-agency partnership has a shared responsibility to keep families safe; to provide an effective, efficient and co-ordinated service and ultimately to ensure young people get the best start in life.
Before Family Wellbeing Centres were created, Brent families, parents and carers of children were unable to get the support they needed in one place. Often advice and support were also only available too late, when issues were already occurring and more difficult and costly to manage.
Family Wellbeing Centres address these issues by offering a comprehensive support system to meet the entire family’s needs in easily accessible community locations. The FWC initiative responds to the national shift towards hub-based working and comprehensive local consultation. Each shaped by a steering group of local stakeholders, the FWC are integrating working across Brent’s Early Help network to efficiently and effectively respond to the needs of local families.
Dr Simon Topping
Family Wellbeing Centre Service Manager
Brent Council