Family Minds Partnership

Family Minds Partnership is a group of organisations who are working alongside each other to better improve mental health support for Children, Young People and their Families across Devon.

Our common purpose is to

• ensure all family members are appropriately supported (including siblings), by working collaboratively
• work collaboratively to increase the success rate of interventions that families receive, by taking a shared, holistic approach
• share knowledge and ideas to achieve positive/best practice 
• have shared values, a shared language and shared messages, whilst delivering services in our own unique ways
• pull services in to support our families, rather than simply signposting to an alternative service (no wrong front door)
• continue to be a catalyst for change by capturing our journey and sharing the learning

Family Minds Values 

We are champions for others

All that we do is focussed on ensuring that children, young people and families in Devon receive excellent care and support when they need it, where they need it, and we speak out on issues affecting them. Creating spaces where brave questions and ambitious thinking are welcomed.

We are relationship focussed and collaborative

We work together not because we have to but because we want to, knowing that the impact our partnerships have is much more than any one of us could achieve alone.

We are curious and welcome curiosity 

We ask positive and affirming questions where we need to understand, choosing non-judgmental curiosity every time.

We are generous and welcome generosity

We are generous with our time, our resources and our expertise, we give without the expectation of receiving.

Family Minds as a relational partnership

Family Minds Partnership is a relational network of Devon-based organisations that are actively supporting the emotional wellbeing of children, young people, and families. 

This relational partnership is able to respond to the needs of children, young people, and families highlighted by communities, members, and system partners in a collaborative, innovative, and cost-effective way. 

This relational partnership is also able to champion VCSE work in statutory spaces and inform VCSE/communities about the wider system work, including statutory services.