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Save Sure Start Children's Centres: What's on offer
Sure Start Children’s Centres in the most disadvantaged areas will offer the following services:
- good quality early learning combined with full day care provision for children (minimum ten hours a day, five days a week, 48 weeks a year)
- good quality teacher input to lead the development of learning within the centre
- child and family health services, including antenatal services
- parental outreach
- family support services
- a base for a childminder network
- support for children and parents with special needs
- effective links with Jobcentre Plus to support parents and carers who wish to consider training or employment.
In more advantaged areas, although LAs will have flexibility in which services they provide to meet local need, all Sure Start Children’s Centres will have to provide a minimum range of services, including:
- appropriate support and outreach services to parents and carers, and children who have been identified as in need of them
- information and advice to parents and carers on a range of subjects, including: local childcare, looking after babies and young children, local Early Years provision (childcare and early learning) education services for 3- and 4-year-olds
- support to childminders
- drop-in sessions and other activities for children and carers at the centre
- links to Jobcentre Plus services.
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Last updated on 19/07/2009
