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This is a commissioned policy project to explore what Family Group Conferencing (FGC) data local areas currently collect, and also recommend a mechanism for routinely collecting this data across England.
Foundations have commissioned Coram to deliver this project, in partnership with Family Rights Group (FRG), Daybreak, and Data to Insight (D2I). The project began in January 2024 and will conclude in May 2024.
Although FGCs are a widely used intervention, there is no routinely collected data on FGCs and therefore we do not have a national picture of how many FGCs are offered by local authorities, whether they happen, and what the outcomes are. This project aims to find a way to embed routine data collection on FGCs across England.
The project has two key aims:
The project will achieve these aims by: assessing previous work on FGC data collection; conducting deep dive visits to three to four local authorities to understand their FGC data processes; consultation with parent and carers; interviews with stakeholders and FGC experts; co-design workshops with stakeholders to identify possible ways of routinely collecting FGC data across England.
