FIS Development Project

The FIS Development Project is a Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) funded project, delivered by Opportunity Links. The team works in partnership with DCSF, the National Association of Families Information Services (NAFIS) and other relevant regional and national agencies to raise awareness of FIS and duty set out in the Childcare Act 2006 to provide information, advice and assistance to parents.

As part of this project, four Development Sessions took place in March, entitled ‘Moving Forward Together’ these events were designed to respond to key challenges identified by FIS over the last year and were again delivered in partnership with the regional Government Offices.  In addition, the event drew together work underway on a number of related projects, including the Parent Know How Directories enabled by the Information System for Parents and Providers (ISPP) and the NAFIS Families First Standards.

The events were run in Birmingham, Leeds and two in London, all being well attended with nearly 150 people coming along to all four days.  From the evaluations and feedback on the day the events were a great success, much was learnt and many took back information and ideas to share with their teams.  The comments below from those who attended really sum up the days!

 ‘A very helpful day in term of setting out agenda and picking up on good practice from other FISs.’

 ‘Always useful to attend these sessions for clarity and peace of mind’

 ‘Thoroughly enjoyed the session - good chance to network with other FISs’