Children's Centre partners

Sure Start Children’s Centres work with a range of partner providers to deliver services

Partners include:

• Early years and childcare providers
• Voluntary sector providers such as Homestart, Shropshire Playbus and The Hive
• Health professionals, such as Health Visitors, Midwives, Speech and Language Therapists and the Portage Team
• Schools, where we work together to support families that have children under 5; many of our services are run from school sites and schools send out information to parents about our services
• Private providers, who help us to deliver activities such Baby Massage, Yoga Tots and other sessions for families

For details on where these services may be running in your area, please click on the What's On page link in the left hand column

Partner providers are also involved in the Local Steering Groups for each Children’s Centre Area. There are meeting held three or four times a year to share information about services in the area, identify gaps in service delivery and to work together to improve access and outcomes for families of children that are under 5 years.

More of these steering groups are now linked to Extended Schools Steering Groups so that the best use is made of people’s time and joint opportunities are found to work together to discuss and deliver the range of Extended Services for the whole family.

Want to find out more?

If you would like further information on Steering Groups and meeting dates, or on partner working, then please follow the link below for the contact details of your local Sure Start Children's Centre.

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