Parents raising children who’ve experienced early trauma often notice something puzzling: real, lasting progress, followed by what feels like a sudden step backwards.

Family Futures is excited to be partnering with the Global Foundation for Care Fellows by Experience to co-create and deliver a bespoke trauma-informed training module for the organisation’s 2026 cohort of Care Fellows.

Family Futures brings together a team of specialists to understand each child as a whole and build support around their unique needs, an approach first developed with adopted children and now open to many more families.

Family Futures is deeply saddened by the abuse and murder of Preston Davey. Our thoughts are with his loved ones. Keeping children safe must always come first, and we all share a responsibility to learn from these failures.

Our amazing #TeamFF runners raised over £4,000 for the Family Futures Crisis Fund at the Hackney Half! Fancy joining them? Sign up for our Finsbury Park 5k, 10k or Junior run this June, or register your interest for next year.

Show your support for our fantastic #TeamFF runners as they get ready for the Hackney Half on 17th May. All donations will go towards the Family Futures Crisis Fund to help children and young people who are struggling.

Rising autism diagnoses may reflect a more demanding world as much as changes in children. A diagnosis is a useful start, but the real question is what support helps a child feel secure and understood.

“Going from painful thoughts and emotions on a certain issue, to a process where these became less charged and actually inspiring was quite an experience.”

New neuroscience shows early stress shapes how a child's nervous system learns to regulate. For adopted children, big reactions or withdrawal aren't bad behaviour but the imprint of early experience, and the brain can still change.

We're proud to receive our fifth Ofsted Outstanding rating. Now the government is consulting on the future of adoption and kinship support. Please have your say by 5 May, and make sure children's needs stay at the heart of it.