TACT / OUR PROJECTS
Support for your whole family, across Ayrshire.
Family Forward Ayrshire brings the right support together around you, with one named Family Navigator by your side.
Free and confidential · No referral needed
WORKING TOGETHER ACROSS AYRSHIRE
ABOUT THE PROGRAMME
Support that works around your family
Family Forward Ayrshire is a free, confidential programme for families across North, East and South Ayrshire. Five organisations work together across the three council areas, making it easier to find the help your family needs.
Rather than having to approach each service separately, you can speak to one named Family Navigator. They will listen to your circumstances, agree a plan with you and bring in specialist support when it is useful.
One relationship. One plan.
Your Family Navigator stays alongside your family and helps you access the right support across the partnership.
You only need to tell your story once.
THE SUPPORT AVAILABLE
How we can help
Work & training
Support with employment, skills, training and opportunities.
Money & benefits
Help with money worries, welfare rights and financial advice.
Community support
Connections to local services and practical help near you.
Health & wellbeing
Support with emotional wellbeing and pressures on family life.
Could your family use some extra support?
You can get in touch yourself. The service is free and confidential.
WHO IT’S FOR
For families across Ayrshire
If you have dependent children and live in North, East or South Ayrshire, you can ask for support. The programme can help with money worries, finding or keeping work, health and wellbeing pressures, or difficulty getting help from services.
You do not need a referral, diagnosis or crisis to get in touch.
North Ayrshire
East Ayrshire
South Ayrshire
PEOPLE YOU CAN TALK TO
Meet the Family Forward team
Photographs can be added as the team joins the programme.
Michael Bell
Practice and Supervision Programme Lead
Beth Barnes
Family Navigator
Lynn Hamilton
Family Navigator
Claire Anderson
Family Navigator
Position vacant
Community Engagement Officer
Position vacant
Early Stage Employability Officer
THE PARTNERSHIP
Five organisations. One joined-up service.
Each partner contributes specialist knowledge. Your Family Navigator can bring in the right people while remaining your main point of contact.
CEIS Ayrshire
Helps families build skills, work through barriers and explore training or employment opportunities.
TACT
Connects families with local services and practical support through community relationships.
CHAP
Offers specialist help with housing, benefits and financial concerns.
East Ayrshire Citizens Advice Bureau
Provides advice on financial and practical issues affecting family life.
Megan’s Space
Offers wellbeing support as part of the wider family programme.
Funded by the Scottish Government.
YOUR JOURNEY
How it works
Get in touch
Complete the short request for support form.
Meet your Navigator
One named person gets to know your family.
Make a plan
Agree together what support will help.
Find the right help
Your Navigator brings in specialist support.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions
Families with dependent children living in North, East or South Ayrshire can ask for help, particularly with money, work, wellbeing or accessing services.
No. Family Forward Ayrshire support is free.
North Ayrshire, East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire. The partners work across all three council areas.
No. You can ask for support yourself. You do not need a diagnosis or to be in crisis.
Your named Navigator gets to know your family, agrees a single plan with you and arranges specialist help from the partnership as needed.
There is no fixed end date. Support continues while it is useful, and your Navigator will discuss with you when to step back.
TAKE THE FIRST STEP
Ready to talk?
Tell us a little about your situation and we’ll connect you with support.