Family Wellbeing Partnership in Clackmannanshire: evaluation

Footnotes

1. For more information on Horizons, see: https://www.horizonsresearch.org/

2. The Partnership also involves cross-departmental collaboration within Clackmannanshire Council, and with other statutory and third sector partner organisations, including Columba 1400, The Lens and other children, young people and education-focused organisations.

3. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2017/6/introduction/enacted

4. Scottish Government (2024), ‘Child poverty’. Accessed 9/2/24.

5. Scottish Government (2024), ‘Child poverty summary’. Accessed 25/11/24.

6. Child Poverty Statistics 2025 - End Child Poverty. Accessed 4/06/25. Note: This data source differs from the Scottish Government figures cited above and those used for measuring progress against the statutory targets because the latter are not available at the local authority level.

7. Department for Work and Pensions (2025) ‘Children in low income families: local area statistics 2014 to 2024’.

8. Scottish Government (2025), ‘Additional child poverty analysis 2021-24’ https://data.gov.scot/poverty/#children

9. Scottish Government (2024). Tackling child poverty priority families overview. https://www.gov.scot/publications/tackling-child-poverty-priority-families-overview/pages/poverty-rates-amongst-priority-family-types/

10. Scottish Government (2025), ‘Additional Child Poverty Analysis 2025’. https://data.gov.scot/poverty/index.html#Priority_groups

11. Scottish Government (2024), ‘Additional child poverty analysis 2024’, ‘Priority group children in working households’.

12. Scottish Government (2022), ‘Best Start, Bright Futures: tackling child poverty delivery plan 2022 to 2026’.

13. Scottish Government (2022), ‘Best Start, Bright Futures: tackling child poverty delivery plan 2022 to 2026’. Pg 27.

14. https://www.gov.scot/publications/child-poverty-pathfinders-early-implementation-process-evaluation/

15. https://www.gov.scot/publications/commission-future-delivery-public-services/

16. Scottish Government (2022), A fairer, greener Scotland programme for Government 2021-22. Pg 48.

17. Local Government Benchmarking Framework 2022/23.; End Child Poverty (2024),‘Child Poverty Statistics 2024’. https://endchildpoverty.org.uk/child-poverty-2024/ Accessed 6/05/25.

18. Keeping the Promise Annual rapport 2023/2024, Clackmannanshire Alliance.

19. Clackmannanshire Council https://www.clacks.gov.uk/council/simd/

20. The Promise Scotland. Independent Care Review. 2020: https://www.carereview.scot/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/The-Promise.pdf

21. Interview feedback / https://www.localgov.co.uk/Council-told-to-urgently-address-financial-situation/61199

22. Interview feedback.

23. Capra, F., & Luisi, P. L. (2014). The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision. Cambridge University Press.

24. Wheatley, M. (2006). Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World (3rd ed.).

25. Thomas, S., McMordie, L., Cooper., G, & Fitzpatrick, S., (2023). Findings from the SIP Learning Programme Final Report.

26. Does not total to 31 as not all of the participants completed demographic questionnaires

27. COSLA, Strive - Clackmannanshire. Accessed 11/6/24.

28. STRIVE Case Note Evaluation Jan - March 2022.

29. Animate (2024), Clackmannanshire Family Wellbeing Partnership - Story of Change Report.

30. STRIVE operational update reports.

31. Vanguard Scotland (2021), Safeguarding Through Rapid Intervention Evaluation Report.

32. STRIVE Case Note Evaluation Jan - March 2022.

33. Ibid.

34. Clackmannanshire Family Wellbeing Partnership, Annual Report May 2023. Pg 21-22.

35. Family Wellbeing Partnership (2023), Clackmannanshire Child Wellbeing Partnership Project Summary.

36. Early Adopter Communities were created to provide an opportunity to test and refine what an effective school age childcare system looks like at the community level, with a focus on supporting families on low incomes.

37. Clackmannanshire Children Services Plan, Annual Report, 2023/24

38. THRIVE is a needs-based model for mental health support that focuses on early intervention, shared decision-making, and empowering families and communities. It predated the FWP, as a joint initiative with NHS Forth Valley, Council but subsequently FWP funding and leadership have strengthened its impact. By 2024, CWP assumed full planning responsibility for Thrive, linking participants to support, including Women’s Aid, Rape Crisis, and mental health services.

39. CWP_Phone_Interviews_February_2025; Interviews Coffee &Chat Play Alloa and Home Start

40. Clackmannanshire Council - Early Adopting Communities – Evaluation Report April to August 2024

41. Report to FWP Board, 20/5/24

42. Young Person Open Responses Dec23-Jan24

43. Play Alloa After School Project Report

44. Summer of Wellbeing 2022 Report Publication

45. CWP_Phone_Interviews_February_2025

46. Interviews Coffee&Chat Play Alloa and Home Start, Parent A

47. Interviews Coffee&Chat Play Alloa and Home Start, Parent B; CWP_Phone_Interviews_February_2025

48. Questionnaire: Parent/Carer feedback, CWP-funded services, Nov 23-Jan24. It is unknown how this survey was administered, to whom, when or what the response rate was.

49. Providers Workshop 1 Child Wellbeing Partnership.

50. CWP_Phone_Interviews_February_2025

51. CWP_Phone_Interviews_February_2025, Parent A

52. Childcare and Childminding Pathways in Clackmannanshire.

53. CWP Evaluation - Q3 23.24

54. FWP CWP Update Jan 2023.

55. CWP Strategy Group. Sample size/ response rate unknown..

56. Clackmannanshire Council (2023), Clackmannanshire Local Child Poverty Action Report 2022/23.

57. Report to FWP Board, 20/5/24.

58. Report to FWP Board, 20/5/24.

59. FWP Impact Qs Feb 2024.

60. Children and Young People Board Briefing Note 05.09.23.

61. Clackmannanshire Council centrally collected data.

62. ‘Impact Statements & Stories’ document provided by Clackmannanshire.

63. https://www.clacks.gov.uk/document/meeting/264/1094/7122.pdf

64. Graham, P. L., Russo, R., & Defeyter, M. A. (2015). The Advantages and Disadvantages of Breakfast Clubs According to Parents, Children, and School Staff in the North East of England, UK. Frontiers in public health, 3, 156.

65. Clackmannanshire FWP Story of Change Animate Report May2024; KR - CJS Case Study; Case Study - SH; Horizons Research Interview Transcript 25/11/24 - 15629 - Cooking Class - Edited.

66. A mental health support programme

67. *Names changed and details removed for guaranteeing anonymity.

68. Response to survey conducted by Horizons Research, January 2025.

69. End Child Poverty (2024), Local Child Poverty Statistics 2024.

70. Office for National Statistics (2024). Employment, Unemployment and Economic Activity in Clackmannanshire;

Department for Work and Pensions (2025) ‘Children in low income families: local area statistics 2014 to 2024’.

71. Scottish Government (2024), Economic inactivity in Scotland: supporting those with longer-term health conditions and disabilities to remain economically active.

72. Nomis (2025), Job Density Clackmannanshire. Accessed 11/6/25

73. Interview Nr 110

74. Clackmannanshire Council (2023), Clackmannanshire Local Child Poverty Action Report 2022/23. Pg 9

75. FWP & What Matters to You (WM2U) February 2025 activity report (February 2025)

76. Note that survey data used in this chapter is likely unrepresentative due to low response rate.

77. Data provided by Clackmannanshire Council.

78. Interview feedback

79. Putting Love at the Centre: improving our ability to keep children in Clackmannanshire, Clackmannanshire Council (2025)

80. Cairney, P., Keating, M. & Hepburn, E. (2012) 'Policy Convergence, Transfer and Learning in the UK under Devolution', Regional & Federal Studies, pp. 289-307.

81. Dolowitz, D. and Marsh, D. (1996) “Who Learns What from Whom: a Review of the Policy Transfer Literature”, Political Studies, XLIV, 343-57.

82. Heikkila, T. and Gerlak, A.K. (2013), Lessons for Public Policy Scholars. Policy Studies Journal, 41: 484-512; Cairney, P. (2019) Understanding Public Policy: Theories and Issues, 2nd edition. Bloomsbury; James, O., & Lodge, M. (2003). The Limitations of ‘Policy Transfer’ and ‘Lesson Drawing’ for Public Policy Research. Political Studies Review, 1(2), 179-193.

83. Scottish Government (2022), A fairer, greener Scotland programme for Government 2021-22. Pg 48.

84. Scottish Government (2024), Keeping The Promise to our children, young people and families: progress update 2024. Pg 85.

85. Scottish Government (2023), Child Poverty Pathfinders Early Implementation Process Evaluation: Phase one report.

86. I-Sphere (2023), Social Innovation Partnership learning programme: final report.

87. Scottish Government (2023), Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2022-26: Logic model towards system change in the child poverty context.

88. Scottish Government (2023), Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2022-26: Evaluation approach to system change.

89. Scottish Government (2021), ‘Child Poverty System Map’.

90. Scottish Government (2024), ‘Child poverty’. Accessed 9/2/24.

91. Clackmannanshire Council (2024), Child poverty. Accessed 9/2/24.

92. Scottish Government (2022), ‘Best Start, Bright Futures: tackling child poverty delivery plan 2022 to 2026’. Pg 27.