Trailblazers for the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme
Published 9 February 2023
Applies to England
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Aim of the trailblazers
Following a competitive bidding process, 14 trailblazers were selected and awarded additional funding to go further and faster in delivering some or all of the Start for Life services funded by the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme – perinatal mental health and parent-infant relationships, infant feeding, and parenting support.
This additional funding for the first financial year of the programme will:
- enable trailblazers to be innovative and ambitious in transforming or expanding these services
- support earlier sharing of learning and best practice
You can learn more about the government’s vision for trailblazers, what they will be expected to achieve and how they will be supported in the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme: trailblazer guide.
Local authorities selected to be trailblazers
The following local authorities have been awarded trailblazer status and will become national leaders for the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme, making the quickest improvements to services, and sharing learning and best practice with all local authorities.
- Blackpool
- Cornwall
- County Durham
- Coventry
- East Sussex
- Hull
- Isle of Wight
- Kent
- Manchester
- Northumberland
- Salford
- Sheffield
- Sunderland
- Torbay
Additional funding
In addition to becoming national leaders for the programme, these local authorities have been awarded additional funding in year one of the programme to go further and faster in improving the services listed below.
Perinatal mental health and parent-infant relationships, infant feeding and parenting support services
- Cornwall
- Country Durham
- Kent
- Manchester
- Northumberland
- Salford
- Sheffield
- Sunderland
- Torbay
Perinatal mental health and parent-infant relationships, and parenting support services
- Hull
Perinatal mental health and parent-infant relationships, and infant feeding services
- Coventry
Perinatal mental health and parent-infant relationship services
- Blackpool
- East Sussex
Parenting support services
- Isle of Wight