Report.
Storytelling by Elena Ewence and Patrick Heyes in collaboration with Families First.
It Takes a Village to Raise a Child
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Families First is a grassroots organisation based in St Andrews that provides psychosocial support to children, young people, and families. They are reliant on a community of like-minded volunteers who are crucial to its service in order to provide one-to-one befriending services, youth groups, and parental/carer support. These services help to enable children and young people to overcome challenges in their lives.
We worked with Families First to create an exhibition featuring the art of the young people in the Families First community that highlighted all the amazing work the organisation does.
This exhibition was titled ‘It Takes a Village to Raise a Child’. This report contains the story of the exhibition.
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Engage with this report, It Takes a Village to Raise a Child, which showcases what #HelpsAndHinders social action for Families First @familiesfirststandrews.
Storytelling by Elena Ewence and Patrick Heyes in collaboration with Families First. In partnership with Social Action Inquiry Scotland @social_action_scotland https://socialaction.scot/it-takes-a-village-to-raise-a-child
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Restricted funding and availability of volunteers hinders the social action of @familiesfirststandrews. Find out more about what #HelpsAndHinders social action for Families First in the full report, It Takes a Village to Raise a Child.
Storytelling by Elena Ewence and Patrick Heyes in collaboration with Families First. In partnership with Social Action Inquiry Scotland @social_action_scotland https://socialaction.scot/it-takes-a-village-to-raise-a-child
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Having a support network and having flexibility helps the social action of @familiesfirststandrews. Find out more about what #HelpsAndHinders social action for Families First in the full report, It Takes a Village to Raise a Child.
Storytelling by Elena Ewence and Patrick Heyes in collaboration with Families First. In partnership with Social Action Inquiry Scotland @social_action_scotland https://socialaction.scot/it-takes-a-village-to-raise-a-child
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Storytelling by Elena Ewence and Patrick Heyes in collaboration with Families First. In partnership with @Soc_Act_Scot https://socialaction.scot/it-takes-a-village-to-raise-a-child
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Restricted funding & volunteer availability hinders the social action of @families_st
Find out what #HelpsAndHinders social action for @families_st in the full report.
By Elena Ewence, Patrick Heyes, Families First. In partnership with @Soc_Act_Scot https://socialaction.scot/it-takes-a-village-to-raise-a-child
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Having allies & flexibility helps the social action of @families_st
Find out what #HelpsAndHinders social action for @families_st in the full report.
By Elena Ewence, Patrick Heyes, Families First. In partnership with @Soc_Act_Scot https://socialaction.scot/it-takes-a-village-to-raise-a-child
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