Some of our testimonials…

  • “Having a consistent mentor who I trusted enabled me to challenge my own fears, accept myself and my past better and then move forward.”

    TFW - Mum of Family

  • “When I lose my courage she encourages me”

    TFW - Mum of Family

  • “Whenever I am was with my mentor I always felling comfortable and fell at ease and she was very supportive and helped me to boost my confidence, she hugged me and make me stronger than before she was like a close friend for me.”

    TFW - Mum of Family

  • “My mentor is helping me mentally she used to see me every week once to help me talk about any issues and speak out what are still inside me and bothering me.”

    TFW - Mum of Family

  • "Family works was a safe place to feel held in whilst other parts of my life felt out of control. Having a consistent mentor who I trusted enabled me to challenge my own fears, accept myself and my past better and then move forward. Family work valued me as a person and having a coffee with them helped me to value myself better. Having a hamper at Christmas was a real blessing for me and enabled me to celebrate in style and have the extras which made it special."

    TFW - Mum of Family

  • "The training was extremely helpful. Especially around Safeguarding, confidentuality, respect and trauma. The ongoing training was great too. The community learing and content was excellent. Made me feel safe and valued."

    TFW - Volunteer Family Mentor

  • "Firstly, I would like to say a big thank you from the bottom of my heart to all the wonderful staff at the Family Works. I felt like I have someone who always beside me and my children. Me and my children were so down at that time we didn't have any hope to continue but, they change this though into something more like yeh there are still hope and need to work on it to get it right and better."

    TFW - Family

  • "Child D has become more able to express her feelings and emotions and has the emotional literacy to do this. She has started to develop more trusting relationships with adults in school due to the fact she know she can trust them to support her."

    School Inclusion Manager

  • "The sand helped me to express stuff. I can never really express stuff half the time, but I can in the sand."

    TFW - Child Voice

  • "You help me to understand everything, the stuff that’s going on"

    TFW - Child Voice

  • “You help me and my children to live a life again by supporting me mentally & emotionally.”

    TFW - Family