News and updates from Daybreak
The Power of Staying Connected
Our Training Manager, Michaela Stay, has worked supporting children, young people and families for her whole career. She has taken a moment to reflect upon one of those connections, and has shared it with us.
Daybreak’s latest Impact Report
Our latest Impact Report detailing our progress towards our aims to ensure families and communities can problem-solve together. Family Group Conferences and Family Group Decision Making services and practitioner training.
Why I Chose to Volunteer with Daybreak
Cristina has been a incredible support, volunteering to support our marketing and communications team whilst studying. We are so grateful for her contribution. Here, she shares her experience of volunteering with us.
Funding boost to support young people at risk of offending
Our early-intervention family support project, Dragonfly, in Portsmouth has received £10,000 funding from Southern Coop to work specifically with young people at risk of offending or reoffending.
Daybreak to continue providing Family Group Conferences for Wiltshire Council for a further three years
Daybreak to continue providing Family Group Conferences for Wiltshire Council for a further three years
Our Response to National Developments: Strengthening Families through Family Group Decision Making
Our response to the national developments around Family Group Decision Making within Children’s Social Care and how we as a charity, are here to support.
Webinar Series: Family Group Decision Making across Children and Families Services
We invite Children’s Social Care service managers, commissioners, and professionals to join us for a series webinars exploring this topic. These sessions will offer an opportunity to share our insights, and create space for reflection, dialogue, and peer learning.
Supporting Southend-on-Sea City Council’s Family Group Conference team with Professional Development
As part of our bespoke training offer, Daybreak’s Training Manager Alison Powney recently visited Southend-on-Sea City Council to deliver a one-day continued professional development (CPD) course.
Problem Solving Your Way 2025 Report
Explore our 2025 Problem Solving Your Way Report
Brand-new Daybreak Training courses + summer launch offer
We’re excited to launch our brand-new training courses this summer! To celebrate, we’re offering 20% off all June and July course bookings with the code LAUNCH20.
New research to fill data gaps on Family Group Conferences
Today Foundations and partners have published Exploring local authority data and monitoring of family group conferences: Recommendations for a national data collection of Family Group Conferences, a new report that reveals gaps in the national picture of Family Group Conferences (FGCs), and launched further research including a national data collection, to fill these gaps.
Double funding boost to help Portsmouth families
Daybreak has secured a £50,000 funding boost from The National Lottery Community Fund and The Rayne Foundation to launch a new Portsmouth based project offering early community-based support for families with primary-aged children.
LIVE BLOG: Team Daybreak’s 250 miles challenge
This February to celebrate 25 years, #TeamDaybreak is walking, running, swimming or riding 250 miles – the distance between the communities that we work with!
All money raised will help us enable families to come together with their support networks and problem solve to create safer, more stable homes.
Join in with our Christmas Quiz!
Join in on our free downloadable quiz, full of 25 festive questions - to celebrate 25 years of Daybreak.
A conversation with our Founder
We recently had a conversation with our founder, Marilyn Taylor to celebrate 25 Years of Daybreak. In this series, we hear from Marilyn about what inspired her to set up the charity, the challenges they encountered and the lessons learnt along the way.
Using Family Group Conferencing within Adult Safeguarding
This week is National Adult Safeguarding Week. An opportunity for all those working within adult safeguarding and similar capacities to raise awareness of issues, and collectively come together and reflect on best practices and opportunities. The core theme for 2024 is Working in Partnership.
We wanted to take this opportunity to shine a spotlight on the role of Family Group Conferences (FGC) within Adult Safeguarding.
Help shape family problem-solving support for the Armed Forces community
Help shape family problem-solving support for the Armed Forces community - hear our ideas, and share your feedback.
Get the Insider Track on Working with Families
Want the insider take on supporting families as they work through their unique challenges? Then we have something special to share with you today. A few weeks ago, our team sat down with Kari Roberts to hear her insights into helping children and families navigate the problems affecting their lives, and she is perfectly placed to give us an expert’s perspective.
A short history of Daybreak
As we turn 25 years old this year, in this blog, we take a look back at a short history of Daybreak.
Looking Back to Our Beginnings: Life in 1999
As we celebrate 25 years as a charity, join us as we travel back to 1999, the year of our founding, and take a lightning tour of the major events that have impacted society and family life throughout the last quarter-century.