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In recent years more children have entered care nationally and in Lincolnshire too. Lincolnshire County Council funds and provides support to families to prevent children entering care, wherever possible, and it must prioritise funding services that have the best outcomes.
The current contract for the Lincolnshire Edge of Care Service (often called Safe Families) is due to end on 30 June 2026. We’re reviewing its future and want your views.
This volunteer-based service provides early intervention support for families whose children are at risk of entering the care of the Local Authority. Support includes befriending, mentoring, parenting advice, practical help at home and day-time care or time-limited overnight stays for children and young people.
We would like your thoughts on whether we should:
continue funding for an Edge of Care Service
reduce funding for an Edge of Care Service
or end funding for an Edge of Care Service
You can have your say by completing our public survey, which is open to everyone. If you work with or support the Edge of Care Service (Safe Families), we’d also like you to complete our stakeholder survey to provide your professional perspective.
Once the consultation closes, all feedback will be carefully considered before deciding the future of this service.
In recent years more children have entered care nationally and in Lincolnshire too. Lincolnshire County Council funds and provides support to families to prevent children entering care, wherever possible, and it must prioritise funding services that have the best outcomes.
The current contract for the Lincolnshire Edge of Care Service (often called Safe Families) is due to end on 30 June 2026. We’re reviewing its future and want your views.
This volunteer-based service provides early intervention support for families whose children are at risk of entering the care of the Local Authority. Support includes befriending, mentoring, parenting advice, practical help at home and day-time care or time-limited overnight stays for children and young people.
We would like your thoughts on whether we should:
continue funding for an Edge of Care Service
reduce funding for an Edge of Care Service
or end funding for an Edge of Care Service
You can have your say by completing our public survey, which is open to everyone. If you work with or support the Edge of Care Service (Safe Families), we’d also like you to complete our stakeholder survey to provide your professional perspective.
Once the consultation closes, all feedback will be carefully considered before deciding the future of this service.
This survey will take between 5 - 10 minutes to complete.
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This survey is anonymous. Please don’t include any personal or sensitive details in your answers to any open text questions.
If you are logged in to Let’s Talk, your account details will be linked to your survey responses. These details are removed before we look at the results.
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This survey will take between 5 - 10 minutes to complete.
Privacy statement
This survey is anonymous. Please don’t include any personal or sensitive details in your answers to any open text questions.
If you are logged in to Let’s Talk, your account details will be linked to your survey responses. These details are removed before we look at the results.
To stay anonymous, please log out before starting the survey.
For more details on how we handle your data, see our privacy notice.
If you have any queries about this survey, please email the Children’s Commissioning Team using the details provided on this page.
Lifecycle
Open
Edge of Care Service (Safe Families) is currently at this stage
This consultation is open for contributions.
Under Review
this is an upcoming stage for Edge of Care Service (Safe Families)
Contributions to this consultation are closed for evaluation and review. The project team will report back on key outcomes.
Final report
this is an upcoming stage for Edge of Care Service (Safe Families)
The final outcomes of the consultation are documented here. This may include a summary of all contributions collected as well as recommendations for future action.
