For professionals
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:
Find
your local children's centre
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.
