Does Sure Start Still Exist?
The Sure Start Children's Centres Programme, Introduced in 1999 by the Last Labour Government, Has Had Its Spending Cut by Two-Thirds Since 2010 and More Than...
The Sure Start children's centres programme, introduced in 1999 by the last Labour government, has had its spending cut by two-thirds since 2010 and more than 500 centres have officially been closed.
Why did Sure Start close?
Imran Hussain, Action for Children's director of policy, said despite the importance of children's centres and their popularity among many families, years of cuts had left councils with little choice but to reduce Sure Start budgets and close centres. As a result, many services were harder to access.
Did Sure Start Centres work?
Sure Start children's centres delivered major health benefits for youngsters in the most deprived areas, reducing the number of people taken to hospital and delivering millions of pounds in savings to the NHS, a study has found.
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