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Home Education Family Support Sure Start Activities Day Care Contact us	Sure Start Brierley Tops Sure Start is the Government's programme to support to children and families through early education for all, more and better childcare and establishing programmes including children's centres, combining education, childcare, health and family services, while supporting parents as parents and in their aspirations towards employment, education and training. Sure Start Brierley Tops is the local programme for Sutton (Central), Huthwaite and Stanton Hill. Our aim is to improve the health and well being of families and children, before and from birth, so children are ready to thrive when they go to school. To achieve this we have 5 objectives. We have looked at each of the objectives with local parents who have told how they feel we can best achieve them. These are detailed below Improving social and emotional development .... Along with providing opportunities for children to develop, socially and emotionally, we also provide Baby massage Activity and play days Structured and planned crèche provision Home visiting teams Improving health We provide good information on health and have widen choice by providing practical support including courses on cooking healthy options, as well as Breastfeeding Support Groups Ante-natal classes Money advice to families Healthy eating Home safety equipment Bumps and Babes Group Improving the ability to learn In addition to providing opportunities for children to meet Early Learning Goals for communication, language and literacy, our services include Speech and Language therapy Toy library Support for parent & toddler groups Story Swap Art/music focused sessions Strengthening families and communities We offer help and advice to families at times when extra support is needed. We provide Respite Childcare Back to work information packs New Mums Information packs Volunteering opportunities Improving affordability and accessibility of childcare 23% of non-working parents mention lack of access to affordable childcare as a reason for not working. We improve awareness of childcare options so parents can make informed choices, we also Promote take-up of childcare grants Support local childcare providers Have built a network of childminders
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Sure Start Brierley Tops

Sure Start is the Government's programme to support to children and families through early education for all, more and better childcare and establishing programmes including children's centres, combining education, childcare, health and family services, while supporting parents as parents and in their aspirations towards employment, education and training.

Sure Start Brierley Tops is the local programme for Sutton (Central), Huthwaite and Stanton Hill. Our aim is to improve the health and well being of families and children, before and from birth, so children are ready to thrive when they go to school.

To achieve this we have 5 objectives. We have looked at each of the objectives with local parents who have told how they feel we can best achieve them. These are detailed below

Improving social and emotional development ....

Along with providing opportunities for children to develop, socially and emotionally, we also provide

Baby massage
Activity and play days
Structured and planned crèche provision
Home visiting teams

Improving health

We provide good information on health and have widen choice by providing practical support including courses on cooking healthy options, as well as

Breastfeeding Support Groups
Ante-natal classes
Money advice to families
Healthy eating
Home safety equipment
Bumps and Babes Group

Improving the ability to learn

In addition to providing opportunities for children to meet Early Learning Goals for communication, language and literacy, our services include

Speech and Language therapy
Toy library
Support for parent & toddler groups
Story Swap
Art/music focused sessions

Strengthening families and communities

We offer help and advice to families at times when extra support is needed. We provide

Respite Childcare
Back to work information packs
New Mums Information packs
Volunteering opportunities

Improving affordability and accessibility of childcare

23% of non-working parents mention lack of access to affordable childcare as a reason for not working. We improve awareness of childcare options so parents can make informed choices, we also

Promote take-up of childcare grants
Support local childcare providers
Have built a network of childminders