Announcement from For Baby’s Sake Hertfordshire

You will all know Hertfordshire is very special to The For Baby’s Sake Trust as our longest and biggest initiative with £3.1m of investment and over 200 families provided with intensive support. However, the Trust has made the strategic decision to not sustain the countywide For Baby’s Sake team after April 2023, due to the absence of any financial support continuing from Hertfordshire County Council or their partner agencies.

Our current caseloads are full and due to the need to reduce pressure after current funding ceases at the end of March 2023, sadly we will not be able to accept any new referrals.

We will seek to complete the programme with the 60 families who are engaging with us currently, with the continued support of our team and local partners.

We will be mobilising our current Hertfordshire team to deliver a national For Baby’s Sake CONNECT model as capacity in the team becomes available due to Hertfordshire families completing the programme.

We recognise HCC’s need to make tough decisions in an extraordinary economic environment and the door will always be open for discussion with HCC and partner agencies about accepting new Hertfordshire referrals into For Baby’s Sake through the CONNECT model with funding under a shared cost model with local public sector funding.

Amanda McIntyre
CEO, The For Baby’s Sake Trust
amandamcintyre@forbabyssake.org.uk

15 November 2022