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Family Hubs and Start for Life programme

This programme aims to join up and enhance services delivered through transformed family hubs in local authority areas, ensuring all families can access the support they need.

From:
Department of Health and Social Care and Department for Education
Published
9 February 2023

This collection includes:

  • information and resources for the 75 eligible local authorities taking part in the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme in England
  • guidance for all local authorities in England to support them in publishing their local Start for Life offers and establishing Start for Life parent and carer panels

About the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme

The Family Hubs and Start for Life programme helps meet commitments in The best start for life: a vision for the 1,001 critical days, published as government policy in March 2021. This programme is jointly led by the Department for Education (DfE) and Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).

The programme will also support the creation of a network of family hubs.

The Family Hubs and Start for Life programme guide outlines:

  • the programme’s vision and objectives
  • what the 75 eligible local authorities are expected to deliver and achieve to meet the expectations of the programme

The programme’s objective is to join up and enhance services delivered through transformed family hubs in local authority areas, ensuring all parents and carers can access the support they need when they need it.

The programme will:

  • provide support to parents and carers so they are able to nurture their babies and children, improving health and education outcomes for all
  • contribute to a reduction in inequalities in health and education outcomes for babies, children and families across England by ensuring that support provided is communicated to all parents and carers, including those who are hardest to reach and/or most in need of it
  • build the evidence base for what works when it comes to improving health and education outcomes for babies, children and families in different delivery contexts

Contact details

Email:

For freedom of information requests, email DHSC at dhsc.publicenquiries@dhsc.gov.uk or contact DfE online.

Documents

Published 9 February 2023