PROJECT
Safe Haven
PURPOSE
To work with particularly vulnerable young people in care
FUNDING
Family Action received social investment of £300,000 from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and £700,000 from Social and Sustainable Capital to develop the scheme. Local authorities made up to five payments per beneficiary with a total payment of up to £33,000 depending on results
BACKGROUND
Safe Haven was created by charity Family Action for young people in care with the most complex needs. It took two years to develop, in consultation with young people in care and care leavers and launched in 2016 in Sandwell and Wolverhampton.
ACTION
Safe Haven's three key goals were to provide a secure base for young people to go to when they felt anxious, to build relationships with young people, and help them acknowledge their own feelings, wishes and things they wanted to change.
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