Around 3,500 Sure Start Children's Centres contribute to the strategic objective of Every Child Matters, the initiative that aims to give all children the support they need to be healthy, stay safe, enjoy and achieve, make a positive contribution and achieve economic well-being.In the UK's 30 per cent most deprived areas, 'core offer' children's centres provide integrated early learning and childcare for a minimum of ten hours a day, five days a week, 48 weeks a year, and support for a childminder network. There is teacher input, child and family health services, parental outreach, family support services, support for children and parents with special needs, and effective links with Jobcentre Plus to support parents/carers considering training or employment.
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