The Organisation

Cumbria Family Support is a registered charity (Charity no. 1085861) whose objects are “to support families with young children in Cumbria who feel isolated or overwhelmed and need help to cope with the challenges of family life.”

Originally set-up in the East of Cumbria in 1993, the charity extended the reach of its support to the West of the County in 2018. Today our family support services can be accessed by families across three districts in Cumbria: Eden, Carlisle and Allerdale.

 

The majority of our work is home based, we take our support out into the community to ensure those living in deprived and isolated areas, where service provision is limited and families are struggling with issues that are impacting on family life, receive the help they need.

 

We work at an early intervention stage with families as issues and needs are just emerging, and help them to make and sustain positive changes. Families also seek our support as family life is improving, helping them to keep on track. Our support is not time limited and we will help families for as long as they need us to, to stop problems re-occurring.

Working in a multi-agency way CFS work alongside a wide range of statutory and voluntary sector organisations to ensure families who need home-based support, can access it as quickly as possible. The service of CFS are recognised as an essential part of the pathway in the support for children and families at “Early Help”.