News and updates from Daybreak
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.
Celebrate our 25th year by joining our 25-for-25 fundraiser
We are celebrating a quarter of a century with a special year-long fundraiser. ’25 for 25’ invites you to get involved, and raise money to help us continue to deliver vital support services – and reach more families, far earlier.
Call out for families and employees to celebrate our 25th year
Help us to celebrate 25 Years of Daybreak - have we worked alongside your family? Have you worked for us, or got involved as a partner organisation? Get in touch!
Improving Impact in Family Group Conferences
We are hosting a five-part virtual lunch and learn series focused on improving the impact of Family Group Conferences for Coordinators. Join us for an interactive session, allowing you the opportunity to share with and learn from others.
Daybreak, Wiltshire Council and Family Rights Group bring Lifelong Links to Wiltshire care services
Daybreak, Family Rights Group and Wiltshire Council bring Lifelong Lings to Wiltshire’s care services support care leavers to find and form long term support networks.
What is it like being a Family Group Conference Coordinator?
Discover more about the Family Group Conference Coordinator role, from one of our team members Charlotte
Partnership to understand Local Authority’s use of Family Group Conferences
Foundations has announced a new project to better understand the data that local authorities are collecting on the use of Family Group Conferences (FGCs). The work is being undertaken in partnership with Coram, Family Rights Group, Daybreak, and Data to Insight.
Partnership between two local charities to support families
Local charities, Daybreak and Home-Start Portsmouth, have recently partnered to enhance their skills in supporting families facing challenges as part of the Portsmouth Family Hub project.
Improving Impact in Family Group Conference Webinar Series
If you are keen to start 2024 by enhancing your Family Group Conference practice and improving the impact of your or your team's work, explore and book today.