Agenda item

Report from the Executive Director of Children and Young People’s Services.

Recommendations:

That Cabinet:

1. Notes the update and progress made in the delivery of the Family Hubs programme over the last year.

2. Approves a consultation on proposals to deregister the existing Children’s Centres to enable the Council to move forward with the Family Hubs programme and for the decision, based on the consultation, to be delegated to the Executive Director for Children and Young People’s Services in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Children and Young People.

3. Approves, in line with government requirements and to ensure consistency for families, that Family Hubs and Children’s Centre buildings are renamed as either Best Start Family Hubs or “Connect” Best Start Family Hubs, in line with the Best Start Family Hubs and Healthy Babies Programme expectations.

4. Notes the future of the programme with additional grant funding to embed the model and agrees that the decision to accept and allocate this funding be delegated to the Executive Director for Children and Young People’s Services in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Children and Young People.