This section brings together useful links to key documents, helpful websites, and recordings of previous webinars. It’s designed to give you quick access to practical guidance, further learning, and tools that support your work on this topic.
Webinars
- Let’s Go Beyond 5. The National Centre for Family Hubs hosted a webinar with a presentation from Blackpool Council who explored their campus model and integration with youth services, family help and youth justice services across the family hub agenda.
Guidance & Tools
- Youth Matters: National Youth Strategy (DCMS) — The 10year national plan for youth work, spaces and trusted adults; provides the strategic context for local youth inclusion in Hubs.
- Young Futures Hubs Guidance (DCMS) — Explains aims, delivery model and early adopter learning to help you design inclusive, youthled spaces alongside Family Hubs. [gov.uk]
- LGA Must Know for Youth Services – gives an overview of council responsibilities for delivering services for young people
- Statutory guidance for local authorities’ youth provision – this guidance sets out how local authorities could be fulfilling their duty on services for young people.
- Holiday Activity and Food Programme guidance – this guidance sets out expectations on the HAF programme, which aims to support financially disadvantaged young people.