Families in Care
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Registered Charity Number 1007596 Independent Advocacy, Counselling and Support for Birth Families involved with child protection services in the North East.Independent Advocacy and Counselling are currently available only to families involved with Newcastle Children Social Services.
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Families in Care is a proud recipient of the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2020
Contact Us:
Email: yoursupport@familiesincare.com
Phone: 07951208523
Monday to Friday 9 am - 5 pm
By appointments and referrals only.
We accept self-referrals.Please contact us for more information.
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Families in Care (FIC) provides vital, independent professional support - advocacy, mindfulness, peer support, education and counselling - services to birth parents involved in the child protection process and care proceedings. Established by a group of parents, FIC has been a registered charity for over 30 years and is recognised as a specialist organisation by child care professionals across Tyneside, as well as nationwide.
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​We are a team of passionate people working together to support some of the most vulnerable and isolated members of our society. All members of our team have necessary knowledge and an extensive experience in the child protection field, and are driven by common values of compassion and kindness.
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"It is a privilege to work with so inspiring, dedicated and passionate individuals. I believe that our strength is that here, in Families in Care, our values are our bottom line, our starting and ending point, with the humility in a face of real personal experience, people's struggles and endurance, being at the core of our ethos."
Families in Care is a proud recipient of
the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2020
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The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service is the highest award given to local volunteer groups across the UK to recognise outstanding work done in their own communities. It was created in 2002 to celebrate the anniversary of The Queen's coronation. It is the MBE for volunteer groups.
Our team
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Families in Care employs dedicated qualified social workers and a counsellor. We are grateful for receiving help from our passionate volunteers who dedicate their skills and time to enhance our work in counselling, advocacy and therapeutic activities fields.
They are all passionate people working together to support some of the most vulnerable and isolated members of our society. All members of our team have necessary knowledge and experience in the child protection field and are driven by common values of empowerment, humanity and justice.
'It is a priviledge to work with so inspiring, dedicated and passionate individuals. I believe that our strenght is that here, in Families in Care, our values are our bottom line, our starting and ending point, with the humility in a face of real personal experience and people's struggles being at the core of our ethos.'
Alicja
Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice.
If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.
William Faulkner
Where we work
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Families in Care provides direct service on outreach basis in Newcastle upon Tyne. Please contact us for more information.
Please contact us if you have an enquiry regarding support for for birth families who live outside of our agency's practice area.
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