Birmingham Pathfinder
bhampathfinder.bsky.social
Birmingham Pathfinder
@bhampathfinder.bsky.social
We are developing and promoting a relationship-first approach to providing sustained, trusted support to families who are facing adversity.
Find out more about our work at: birminghampathfinder.org.uk
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Excited to join Bluesky and looking forward to connecting with like-minded souls and organisations interested in some of the things we are!

#familysupport #sharedauthority #relationships #community #birmingham #northfield #socialcare #education #schools

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Supporting & empowering families - Birmingham Pathfinder
A relationship-first approach, supporting and empowering families through schools. Find out more about the Pathfinder impact today...
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'It was unconventional, because it didn’t sit under any particular bit of the hierarchy. It wasn’t part of the system. It was a little enclave.'

An interview with our new patron about her involvement in the early days of founding the Bham Pathfinder.

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A gentle rebel: an interview with the Pathfinder’s new patron, Sarah Mason - Birmingham Pathfinder
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November 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Traditional metrics can pose serious challenges to developing alternative models of family support, especially those which are holistic and long-term. We discuss this in our latest blog.
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The thorny problem of metrics in long-term, holistic family support work - Birmingham Pathfinder
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October 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
So proud to be featured in Lankelly Chase's Legacy Website. These guys were a huge factor in our survival and development in the early days of the Pathfinder. This interview discusses a subject close to our hearts:
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Enhancing lives beyond traditional metrics - Lankelly Chase Legacy Website
How Rob McCabe and Lankelly Chase pioneered relational support in Birmingham. Birmingham Pathfinder
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October 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Our shared authority work is at the heart of what we do: where our Pathfinder families get to show just what they can do with the right support. We are so grateful to the National Lottery whose funding means we can take this work to the next level!
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Birmingham Pathfinder’s Shared Authority work boosted by funding from the National Lottery - Birmingham Pathfinder
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August 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
What to do when your work is too far from business-as-usual for many funders, and yet - at the same time - it's hard to articulate what’s so ‘innovative’ about it, because it is actually ‘good old fashioned common sense’?

Keep going, and trust that the right people will see your work in the end.
In praise of common sense, and of funders who 'get it' - Birmingham Pathfinder
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April 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Delighted to be entering into partnership with the new West Midlands' @themultibank.bsky.social . This will really benefit families across all Pathfinder schools. We are really looking forward to getting started working together and developing this exciting new partnership.
April 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Excited to join Bluesky and looking forward to connecting with like-minded souls and organisations interested in some of the things we are!

#familysupport #sharedauthority #relationships #community #birmingham #northfield #socialcare #education #schools

www.birminghampathfinder.org.uk/home
Supporting & empowering families - Birmingham Pathfinder
A relationship-first approach, supporting and empowering families through schools. Find out more about the Pathfinder impact today...
www.birminghampathfinder.org.uk
April 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM