| 
Search
Events
Donate
Shop
Sign up for newsletter
Take part in our poll
Is there sufficient childcare in your area for parents who work outside normal office hours?
Families First
|
|
What is Families First?The Families First Award is a quality assurance process for Family Information Service (FIS) agencies operating in the UK. It was developed by NAFIS in conjunction with FIS practitioners and the Department for Education (DfE) as a tool to measure the effectiveness of a FIS agency's delivery of its statutory obligation to meet the Information Duty in Section 12 (Section 27 in Wales) of the 2006 Childcare Act. |
The Award contains a set of 11 Standards (plus Standard 10 for FIS agencies in Wales) against which a FIS is assessed in its delivery of its statutory obligation and is the only recognised and endorsed measure available. A FIS agency collects physical evidence against each of the elements within each of the Standards and then collates this using the Learning Assistant on-line e-Portfolio.
Applying for a Families First Award
Find out more about the Families First award process.
If you are interested in working towards a Families First Award, please complete the expression of interest form below.
Current Families First Award holders
51 FIS currently hold the Families First Award.
Two recent Awards were made to Kingston and Surrey FIS.
 |
 |
Families First expression of interest
Complete the following form to receive more information about Families First.
News
Daycare Trust is 25 years old!
Join with us to celebrate our anniversary year.
New campaign for children’s centres - Save Our Sure Start!
Daycare Trust is launching a new campaign to support parents to save their Sure Start Children’s Centres from local authority budget cuts.
NEW training guide
Daycare Trust has just launched its NEW training guide with new and exciting courses.
New research from Daycare Trust and Save the Children
Findings from the survey released today examine how the cost of childcare impacts on families.
Online card shop
Daycare Trust has just launched an online card shop
Parent volunteering survey marks National Childcare Week
A new survey of 2,000 mums has shown that the majority are keen to undertake volunteering.
NAFIS and Daycare Trust merger
Key childcare information services join together.