Developing Responsive Preventative Practices: Key Messages from Children's and Families’ Experiences of the Children's Fund

  1. Katherine Pinnock1,*,
  2. Ruth Evans2

Article first published online: 22 FEB 2007

DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2007.00081.x

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Children & Society

Children & Society

Volume 22, Issue 2, pages 86–98, March 2008

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Pinnock, K. and Evans, R. (2008), Developing Responsive Preventative Practices: Key Messages from Children's and Families’ Experiences of the Children's Fund. Children & Society, 22: 86–98. doi: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2007.00081.x

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  1. 1

    Senior Research Fellow, Policy Research Institute, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Science Park, Wolverhampton, UK

  2. 2

    Research Fellow, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, UK

* *Katherine Pinnock, Senior Research Fellow, Policy Research Institute, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Science Park, Glaisher Drive, Wolverhampton WV10 9RU, UK. Tel.: 01902 824121; Fax: 01902 824005. E-mail: k.pinnock@wlv.ac.uk

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 31 JAN 2008
  2. Article first published online: 22 FEB 2007
  3. Accepted for publication 8 December 2006

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As part of the prevention and social inclusion agenda, the Children's Fund, set up in 2000, has developed preventative services for children at risk of social exclusion. Drawing on a large qualitative dataset of interviews conducted in 2004/05 with children, young people and their parents/carers who accessed Children Fund services, this article analyses key practices and approaches valued by children and parents. These included: specialist support tailored to individual support needs, family-oriented approaches, trusting relationships with service providers, multi-agency approaches and sustainability of services. Finally, the article draws out key lessons for the future development of preventative services.

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