A children's charity on Merseyside has ambitious plans for new services including a national residential centre for families involved in anti-social behaviour.
Parenting 2000 wants to relaunch later this year and set up four divisions.
The organisation gets much of its funding through Sure Start and runs four family centres across Sefton. But chief executive Simon Evans said it was concerned about the impact of the mainstreaming of funding for Sure Start.
Evans said a new Parenting Plus division would carry out work in early years, building on current work.
He said he had identified two properties for the residential centre, and was in talks with a "major" local authority in the North West interested in being a partner in the project.
He also wants to set up a restorative practice team that would work in the family courts to help in family separation cases.
