AllChild identifies children and young people at a tipping point of need, and mobilises communities to deliver a connected ecosystem of support and opportunity to enable them to build the social, emotional, and academic skills they need to flourish. Through this ecosystem we mobilise wider positive impact across families, schools, communities and council Early Help systems. Our approach has a demonstrably positive impact on the children and young people with which we work, as well as their families, their schools, and their communities. It has five key characteristics:

1. COMMUNITY CO-DESIGN Our place-based approach involves deep partnership with local stakeholders to co-design programmes of support that are rooted in local context and need. This approach drives programme relevance, operational partnership, and long-term community empowerment and resilience.

2. TARGETED, EARLY ACTION

We use a unique, evidence-driven approach to proactively identify children who don’t yet require crisis intervention, but have a range of risk factors that could lead to negative outcomes and the need for more serious intervention later.

3. A TRUSTED ADULT

We have a team of dedicated Link Workers who work in schools to build a direct, trusted relationship with child, family, and school, while designing and delivering a two-year ‘Impact Programme’ for each child, tailored to provide the right social, emotional, and academic opportunities.

4. JOINED-UP COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Our Impact Programmes are a carefully sequenced collection of activities and services, facilitated by our Link Workers. We connect children and their families to the right school and community services in the right way at the right time, and ‘micro-commission’ specialist partners wherever gaps or barriers exist.

5. COLLECTIVE IMPACT FUNDING

Our mixed public/private funding model connects all parts of a local community with an interest in the health and success of children. Contributions from public services (schools and local authorities), central government, local businesses, and philanthropy enable our whole system of support and drive collaboration across all parties for better short-term impact and greater long-term community connectedness. Our public commissioners pay us on outcomes achieved, not activities delivered, which empowers us to flex our support for every child and family as needed.