About us

We are Childhood First, a charity that provides class-leading residential care to severely traumatised children and adolescents. We provide specialist treatment of complex psychological and emotional issues, alongside special education and family support.

With over a century’s experience caring for traumatised children, we have developed a reputation for being one of the best and most authoritative providers in our field. Our approach is unique in children’s residential care. No other provider has, as we do, a clinically recognised staff training programme (accredited by the UK Council for Psychotherapy - UKCP - and Middlesex University). This means that all the staff working directly with the children are qualified psychotherapeutic clinicians, or are training to become so.

We have transformed the lives of many young people who today are enjoying lives that simply would not have been possible without our intervention.