Our work with schools and education

Family Action offers a wide range of programmes and services in and around schools in England, for example:

National School Breakfast Programme

Our National School Breakfast Programme, in partnership with Magic Breakfast and funded by the Department for Education, is working to support 1775 schools in disadvantaged communities to improve access to healthy breakfasts and learning.

Children’s Therapeutic Services

We offer Children’s Therapeutic Services for a child who has experienced trauma through abuse, neglect or loss, or whose adoption is at risk of breakdown.

SENDIASS Services

Our Special Educational Needs and Disability Information Advice and Support Services (SENDIASS) support parents of children with SEND and young people aged up to 25.

Behaviour Outreach

The Lincolnshire Behaviour Outreach Support Service (BOSS) works with schools and other partners to equip young people with the tools they need to be ready to learn and promote inclusion.

Training

• Family Action’s Training and Consultancy team offers a wide range of open workshops, in-house training and consultancy for schools (eg Mental Health First Aid).
• Our PAC-UK Education Service offers a range of services to enable schools, parents/carers and professionals to meet the needs of children who have experienced difficult starts in life.

Previous work

• Within our Learning Exchange: Information for Schools pages we share resources for schools from recent DfE-funded projects (eg adoption support, inclusive school-based childcare, wraparound childcare).
• Family Action was the charity of choice for the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) from May 2013-2015 and together we produced our Ready to Learn Every Day campaign.