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What is a Children's Centre?
Children’s centres offer the best start in life for every child. They provide information and services for families with young children and aim to build on good existing good services rather than starting new ones where it’s not necessary.
By visiting your local children’s centre, you will receive support and help in finding childcare, family support, health services and even employment advice. Many children’s centres will have a day nursery on site, or very close by, providing childcare from 8am – 6pm and will also have links with local childminders.
If you are looking for day care as a working parent, the centre will be able to give you information about the options for you and your child.
A Children’s Centre is a place in the local community offering access to services for 0 - 4 year olds.
- Good quality early years provision available during hours to suit working parents
- Support for all children with special needs and disabilities
- Parent support including toy libraries, parent and toddler groups and parenting programmes
- A base for a childminding network and/or childminding group
- Local advice and information for parents
- Effective links with Jobcentre Plus, local training providers, further and higher education providers, to provide access to information, training and career opportunities
- Child and family health services, including antenatal services
Each local centre will offer additional services that suit local needs such as:
- A Toy Library where you can borrow toys and equipment for your child
- Breast feeding drop-in clinics
- Baby clinics, run by health visitors, where you can weigh your baby, have a confidential chat or just meet other parents
- Ante-natal clinics
- Baby massage sessions
Hertfordshire County Council is now in the third and final phase of development of its Sure Start Children's Centres.
Between April 2008 and March 2010 a further 32 Sure Start Children's Centres will be developed to add to the 50 existing centres.
By 2010 there will be a Sure Start Children's Centre in every community in Hertfordshire offering a range of services to children under five and their families.
