For Professionals
Children's centres provide a range of services for families in
the local community. Agencies and organisations work together
to deliver services that meet the individual needs of both children
aged 0 to 5 years and their parents / carers.
Worcestershire is a mixture of both rural and urban areas and
has a diversity of families and communities. Each children's
centre offers services tailored to meet that community's
need.
Sure Start Children’s Centres are at the heart of the
government’s 'Every Child Matters: Change for Children Agenda', as
they are a key vehicle for providing the services that families
need.
The government’s vision is of a children’s centre for every
community, providing all families with young children with access
to a variety of services.
The main purpose for a children’s centre is to improve the
outcomes for young children as set out in Every Child Matters, and
in particular to close the gap between those children that do well
and those children that don’t.
The Government’s vision is for Local Authorities, together with
key partners in the statutory, private and voluntary sectors, to
set up and run 3,500 children’s centres by 2010. A children’s
centre for every community.
The government has produced a variety of guidance
documents that can be found on the following websites:
If you have a family who would like to access services run at
a children's centre please complete a membership
form and read the fair processing
notice. Then return the completed form to their
local children's centre. The centre can send the family
regular newsletters and information on activities.
This page was last reviewed 19 April 2012 at 15:01.
The page is next due for review 16 October 2013.