Our work Our strategy Our Strategy View our full strategy Lee nuestra estratégia en español Harnessing our wisdom to transform children's lives Today, we are facing unprecedented global challenges. These are driving greater inequality, and are threatening to reverse all that has been achieved in recent years to reduce poverty. Yet, against this challenging backdrop, the resilience and responsiveness of local practitioners – like those of us who make up Family – has been truly inspiring. We have provided vital lifelines for those who have needed us most. We have been able to react quickly to our local communities’ needs, because we are an integral part of those communities. When travel restrictions and lockdowns have made it difficult for international aid to be delivered, those of us who are rooted where we live and work were able to see with our own eyes what our communities needed and to mobilise local resources to help. This context-based approach to tackling global challenges shows that, together, we can transform the world and achieve a better future. Even in the face of adversity, local practitioners around the world are still striving for ideals such as social justice, equality, sustainability, and non-violence. That is why this, our 2021–25 strategy, is a rallying cry. Over the coming years we’ll build momentum behind our movement by engaging and collaborating with far more of these inspiring local practitioners. In doing so, we will be able to collectively make change happen at scale, for all the children and families that need us around the world. Together, we can make our voices heard. United, we are stronger. Our vision, mission and goals Our vision is for a world in which children and families everywhere have access to the support they need to survive and thrive. It’s our mission to make that happen for families through research, knowledge exchange and campaigning. This is aligned to our three organisational goals, which remain the same as in our last strategic period. They are: Enabling children to grow up in permanent, safe and caring families Ensuring a range of high-quality, appropriate temporary alternative care choices for children Taking steps to prevent children from having to live outside of any adult care, without the care of families or other carers, and in the interim, protecting these boys and girls