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Guidance

Families First Partnership programme

Guidance for safeguarding partners on implementing familyFamily help,Help and multi-agency child protection reforms, and familyincreasing groupsupport decision-makingfor reforms.family networks.

From:
Department for Education, Ashley Dalton MP, Jess Phillips MP and Janet Daby MP
Published
20 March 2025
Last updated
26 March 2026 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

The Families First Partnership (FFP) programme guide

PDF, 725766 KB, 5364 pages

Details

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    Update history

    2026-03-26 12:00
    Updated ‘The Families First Partnership (FFP) programme guide’ with a new version that includes delivery expectations for statutory safeguarding partners in England for year 2 (2026 to 2027).

    2025-03-20 09:30
    First published.