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Families First

 

 

Middlesbrough

 

 

‘Giving Families a Chance to

 Change’

 

Contact us :

1 Albert Terrace
Middlesbrough
TS1 3PA
Tel 01642 354070
Fax 01642 354080
Email suzy_kitching@middlesbrough.gov.uk

 


 

Congratulations!

 

 

 

Suzy Kitching MBE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

For services to Children and Families

 

 

In the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2010

 

 

 

‪'Outstanding service and achievement deserves to be recognised. I congratulate all those who have received an award. Through their work, they are helping to raise educational standards across the country and ensuring that every child and young person fulfils their potential, whatever their background or circumstances'

 

David Bell, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education

 


Congratulations to Families First in Middlesbrough!

who were named Drug Team of the Year 2008 for their innovative and ground breaking work in helping children at risk due to parental substance misuse.

Team winners 2008

The Tackling Drugs Changing Lives Awards recognise individuals and teams who have really made a difference in their local community. The overall winners receive £10,000 for their project or organisation to spend on the prevention of drug misuse.

Run by Middlesbrough Council, Families First offers support to families with drug or alcohol difficulties where there is a real risk that children may be placed into care as a result of their parents' substance misuse.

The team has been described by the local Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership as a 'groundbreaking service that goes to the heart of the drugs strategy in reaching and supporting families at risk'.

Research shows that family conflicts and drug and alcohol misuse have been significantly reduced: 77% of children now stay in their families, and 90% of families who stay together have maintained progress or exceeded goals at one-year follow up.

 

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