About Brighter Futures:
Brighter Futures supports families in Jersey who are facing significant difficulties or challenges in their lives. Since 2008, Brighter Futures has supported over 4,000 families, benefitting over 15,000 Islanders.
Working alongside the main carer, our educational model provides them with the ways to thrive.

Supporting 150 families at any one time, we focus on 3 key areas;
* Parent and child relationships, helping our clients recognise and value their role as their child’s first and most important educator;
* Wellbeing and positive mental health, supporting social and emotional wellbeing, allowing increased resilience with the outside world to give our clients a brighter future and hope.
* Personal development and second chance learning provide the skills our clients may need to progress and succeed in education, work, and life.

The charity works with these families for a range of reasons, including physical and mental health issues, many of whom are referred with high-risk and complex matters, including child protection concerns. From our facility at the Bridge, Georgetown, and our new hub at Communicare, families access a variety of services and programmes on a voluntary basis for an average of 3 years. They can return for further support where needed.

Families come to Brighter Futures from a variety of backgrounds and for a number of reasons such as suffering from post-natal depression, substance misuse or addiction, depression or anxiety, financial difficulties, domestic abuse or isolation. The impact on children within the family associated with any of these issues is significant. All of these factors leave children in a position of disadvantage and without a safe and supportive home life and as a consequence, children can struggle to develop emotionally, physically, psychologically and verbally.

Our Vision:
For all families in Jersey to live safe, happy and healthy lives, supporting them in times of challenge to realise their full potential.

Funding:
Each family has a personalised package of support dependent on their needs; they are guided and able to choose which programmes and services are most appropriate and helpful to them. To support a family for one year cost £7,000.

Our fundraising target for 2025 is over £1 million pounds and is dependent on grants and foundations to contribute essential support to families in Jersey who are most in need; we are also active in our community and are committed to investigating all sustainable funding options.

If requested further information can be provided, please do not hesitate to contact us.