This study is an evaluation of the impact and success of the Whole Family Relationship Service, delivered by Family Lives charity in Leicestershire.
Background
Family Lives is a registered charity that provides targeted early intervention and crisis support to families. They secured funding to deliver the Whole Family Relationship Service (WFRS) to Leicestershire County Council from May 2023 – April 2026. The whole family relationship service provides wrap around early help and preventative support for families to become resilient, addressing the issue of parental conflict and improving the lives of children and young people experiencing this. This evaluation study has been commissioned by Family Lives to provide an independent evaluation of the impact and success of WFRS, including service user feedback, during the period September 2023 - September 2024.
Project Aims
To provide an evaluation of the Family Lives ‘Whole Family Relationship Service’ which gives the Family Lives charity a clear indication of the value of the support they provide to families in conflict as experienced by recipients of the service, and staff implementing the service.
Project Activity
We will use a mixed methods approach that incorporates quantitative and qualitative data:
- Quantitative analysis of anonymised retrospectively collected data about the 'Whole family relationship service' and its delivery to families using descriptive statistics.
- Qualitative interviews with parents who have received the service, and volunteers and personnel who have delivered the service. Interview data will be transcribed verbatim and analysed using thematic analysis.
- The 2 data sets will be drawn together to provide an evaluation of the 'Whole family relationship service' and its delivery to families between September 2023 - September 2024.
Anticipated or actual outputs
Final report submitted to Family Lives charity and placed on the University of Hertfordshire research information system. In addition there will be a range of dissemination activities for both the public and academic audiences.
Who is involved?
- PI: Dr Rosemary Godbold - corresponding researcher, University of Hertfordshire
- Co-PI: Dr Lisa Whiting, University of Hertfordshire
- Research assistant: Louise McLaughlin, University of Hertfordshire
- Research assistant: Honey-Anne Greco, University of Hertfordshire
