Pen Green Centre for children and their families

For over 30 years we have worked in partnership with parents to develop a responsive, progressive and effective provision that supports the whole family. We are an agent of social change in Corby, supporting families from the poorest areas of the town. When we first opened, we had just six members of staff. Today, we are a team of over 120 and work with an average of over 1,800 families per annum.

We continue to develop innovative and effective ways of working with families from across the whole community whose children may enter the care system without our help. Encouraging and supporting all children and families to be aspirational and achieve their potential. We have developed our skills and knowledge in engaging and working with families who traditionally find services hard to access.  This includes families with children who have special educational needs and disability (SEND), Looked after Children and multi-lingual learners.

Our funding enables Pen Green to make a major contribution to the safeguarding of young children in Corby. Families in need receive intensive family support services from experienced, well-qualified workers.  Families are supported where mental health issues impact on mother and child relationships, where drug and alcohol misuse impinge on children’s growth and development, where domestic violence and family breakdown shatters young lives.