Evaluation of Flawsome
Flawsome is a bespoke community-based support service in North East Lincolnshire delivered through Safe Families Home for Good (SFHfG) Safe Families. It provides practical, emotional, and specialist help to women who: have had children removed from their care recently; are at significant risk of having children removed from their care; or are pursuing reunification with a child who has previously been removed from their care.
CORC conducted an independent mixed methods evaluation of the Flawsome programme.
During July 2025 and February 2026, we explored the process and impact of the programme, as well as cost avoidance, to inform future commissioning of the programme.
The evaluation drew on routine outcome monitoring and detailed case narratives relating to 47 women who were referred to Flawsome, along with interviews and focus groups conducted with women, volunteers and professionals involved in the programme. Data held and analysed by North East Lincolnshire Children’s Services were also incorporated in the analysis.
Report findings can be found here: