Family Support

Walking Together is an organisation specialising in working with traumatised children and those with attachment difficulties in the North West of England. This includes those who have been adopted, are under Special Guardianship or kinship care arrangements, those living with birth parents and those who are in foster care. 

Walking Together provides tailor-made therapeutic packages of support to children and their families/carers. We provide regular therapeutic parenting training programmes to parents and carers and support to professionals through advice, consultation and training. 

We are committed to ensuring all children and families/carers are supported in reaching their potential and are keen to share our learning with other agencies, professionals and parents.  Walking 

Together is committed to innovation based on up to date theory and research from the human sciences.

We provide services across the North West of England, offering family support in Manchester, Bolton, Wigan, and Lancashire.

We believe;

• Every child has a right to grow up in a stable, nurturing family environment
• The welfare of children is our fundamental consideration.
• That our services should be as inclusive as possible so that anyone feels welcome and is enabled to use our service to the full by creating a nurturing and supportive environment.
• That every child and family has a right to equal opportunities throughout their life regardless of gender, ethnic origin, disability, culture, religion, language and sexual orientation.
• That throughout our contact with children; their views, wishes and feelings will be listened to and are considered of paramount importance.
• That every child, parent and family has a right to the highest standard of professional practice based on the most up to date theory and research.
• In prioritising open and collaborative working with parents and families, advocating on their behalf.
• In avoiding pathologising parents and the blame culture that often surrounds families in difficulty.
• In working collaboratively with the family’s professional and wider network.
• In a holistic approach to child and family development that encompasses all aspects of individual and family functioning.
• That complex systems require complex support packages and systemic therapeutic solutions.
• In continuing to invest in developing our services and in ensuring that the public money is spent in a way that guarantees best value.
• In the future sustainability of the organisation and our moral commitment to the families with whom we work with not only now but into the future.
• In reducing our carbon footprint and recycling as much as we can.