Lumos and Family For Every Child are pleased to announce a new strategic partnership to advance the right of every child to grow up in a safe and loving family.
Both organisations share a longstanding commitment to building strong, family-centred childcare and protection systems around the world. Despite clear evidence that family- based care positively transforms children’s lives, care reform is often under-resourced and its transformational, multiplier impact for children and families is overlooked.
By joining forces, Lumos and Family For Every Child will amplify local and national civil society leadership (particularly that of people with lived experience), demonstrate and share what works, and accelerate progress towards systems that prioritise children and families.
“Family for Every Child and Lumos share a vision of locally led, sustainable reform that places children and families at the heart of care systems", said Amanda Griffith, CEO of Family for Every Child. “Our collaboration will build momentum for governments, civil society, and communities to work together to make family care the norm for every child.”
“This partnership brings together the complementary strengths of two global organisations that believe every child deserves to grow up in a safe and loving family”, added Howard Taylor, CEO of Lumos. “Together, we can go further and faster in influencing and supporting the changes that matter most for children".
Shared Vision and Objectives
Through their strategic partnership, Family for Every Child and Lumos will:
- Strengthen collective advocacy by combining their global, regional and national presence to influence key decision-makers, contributing to current advocacy initiatives and coalitions, and promoting child-centred reform agendas on issues including violence against children, kinship care, disability, children on the move, and inclusive education.
- Exchange and co-develop programmatic practice by sharing evidence, research, and practical tools to improve family strengthening, prevention of separation, kinship care, foster care, and mental health and well-being support.
- Invest in local leadership by supporting national civil society organisations and networks of people with lived experience to lead advocacy for reform in their own countries.
- Develop joint funding proposals and innovative programs where opportunities align.
What Each Organisation Brings
Lumos brings long-term, in-country experience across continents in transforming childcare and protection systems, including models for foster care, inclusive education, early childhood intervention, and humanitarian response. Lumos also contributes strong partnerships with governments and national authorities, expertise in technical assistance, and global advocacy for child and youth participation.
Family For Every Child brings together the collective expertise of an alliance of 56 locally led organisations across 41 countries, with deep programmatic experience in family strengthening, kinship care, preventing separation, preventing violence, and supporting children outside protective environments. Family also contributes locally informed global campaigns, practitioner-led research and knowledge-sharing, and a commitment to local ownership and locally-driven approaches and leadership, as well as its Changemakers platform, which is a movement of 5,600 practitioners.
Our Next Steps
In 2025 and beyond, Lumos and Family For Every Child will pursue joint advocacy and programmatic exchanges and contribute to existing initiatives, explore shared tools for capacity development, and establish a joint small grants scheme to support independent advocacy by people with lived experience of family care, separation and institutionalisation.