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What are these services?

Family centres

Sure Start children's centres are the focal point for early years services. Every family with children up to the age of five and prospective parents have access to a range of services through their local Sure Start children's centre.

North Yorkshire currently has 37 designated centres. Each centre has a hub or base where activities take place but also aims to co-ordinate and deliver services, under its children's centre umbrella, in a range of venues across the local area so as to enable families to access them more easily.

What services do children's centres offer

Each children's centre aims to provide services that are balanced to their community's needs so, although the activities and services on offer in your area will vary, they may include the following:

  • early education and childcare for children, including play sessions
  • advice, support and learning opportunities for parents and carers
  • child and family health services, such as antenatal classes
  • links with JobCentre Plus

All children's centres offer a place for you to meet people and make friends.

Find your nearest children's centre

To find out what's on in your nearest children's centre, please follow one of the appropriate links below.

Brotherton, Selby and Tadcaster area
Brotherton, Selby and Tadcaster area
Craven area
Craven area
Hambleton and the dales area
Hambleton and the dales area
Harrogate, Knaresborough and Ripon area
Harrogate, Knaresborough and Ripon area
Ryedale and the coast
Ryedale and the coast
Useful downloads
Children's Centres: Building Brighter Futures [338kb] [pdf]
Children's Centres: Building Brighter Futures
Family Support in Children's Centres [175kb] [pdf]
Family Support in Children's Centres
Weblinks
  • Dad info
  • Direct Gov
  • Families in the Foundation years
  • Net Mums
  • NHS
  • North Yorkshire PACT supporting children with additional needs
  • Pre-School Learning Alliance


Advice about special educational needs and disability
Advice about special educational needs and disability
Children's centres - what we do
Children's centres - what we do
Early support
Early support
North Yorkshire County Council, County Hall, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, DL7 8AD | Tel: 0845 8 72 73 74 | Fax: 01609 532009
This page was last updated on 16 April 2012