The Department for Education and the Early Intervention Foundation Consortium, chaired by MP Graham Allen, today signed a contract which will see the creation of an independent Early Intervention Foundation.
The Early Intervention Foundation (EIF), being run by the Early Intervention Consortium, will open for a first phase of business on Monday 4 March and be formally launched later in the spring.
Last November it was announced that the Early Intervention Foundation Consortium, brought together by MP Graham Allen and made up of 30 children’s charities, had won the tender to run the Department for Education’s (DfE) Early Intervention Foundation.
The consortium has been awarded £3.5m by the DfE to run the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) for two years, after which it will become self-financing.
A key role of the EIF will be to champion early intervention and provide advice and support to local commissioners on evidence, social finance and payment-by-results, to help them choose early intervention programmes.
It will also gather evidence and research for what works for early intervention in the UK.
Graham Allen MP, chair of the Early Intervention Foundation, said, ‘After much anticipation it is fantastic news that today the contracts have been signed and the work of creating an independent, Early Intervention Foundation can begin. The Foundation will have a vital role to play in ensuring that every baby, child and young person has the social and emotional capabilities, to fulfill their potential.
‘During the next few weeks the consortium will be working tirelessly to get the Foundation up and running and we look forward to getting started on this vital work.’
Last November it was announced that the Early Intervention Foundation Consortium, brought together by MP Graham Allen and made up of 30 children’s charities, had won the tender to run the Department for Education’s (DfE) Early Intervention Foundation.
The consortium has been awarded £3.5m by the DfE to run the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) for two years, after which it will become self-financing.
A key role of the EIF will be to champion early intervention and provide advice and support to local commissioners on evidence, social finance and payment-by-results, to help them choose early intervention programmes.
It will also gather evidence and research for what works for early intervention in the UK.
Graham Allen MP, chair of the Early Intervention Foundation, said, ‘After much anticipation it is fantastic news that today the contracts have been signed and the work of creating an independent, Early Intervention Foundation can begin. The Foundation will have a vital role to play in ensuring that every baby, child and young person has the social and emotional capabilities, to fulfill their potential.
‘During the next few weeks the consortium will be working tirelessly to get the Foundation up and running and we look forward to getting started on this vital work.’
