Together for Children

Grove House Children’s Centre. To develop children’s understanding and awareness of healthy eating using creativity as a basis of developing a fun and practical project.

Midwives working in these projects have the opportunity to work closely in partnership with and across other agencies in primary health care, such as community workers, interpreters, smoking cessation workers, local council workers, social services, health visitors and GPs.

They are all situated in Sure Start children's centres or Healthy living centres to provide midwifery care in non-medicalised settings where women and their families can access other services such as welfare advice, crèche facilities, internet cafes and other services.

Healthy eating services that are available in the South West Locality Children's Centres.

In September 2006, Croydon PCT employed a Children’s Centre Coordinator, to work with a wide variety of health professionals and provide a strategic link between health services and children’s

To find ways of sharing appropriate data collected by Southampton City Primary Care Trust (SCPCT) and Southampton University Hospitals Trust (SUHT) with Sure Start children’s centres and their stakeholders in such a way that they are useful for tracking progress, stimulating debate and improving outcomes.

This is a service offered to all pregnant women in the Ashington area. Its concept is to bring our service to families, identify needs and tailor services accordingly. As it is delivered by a qualified midwife, women have an opportunity to express their concerns and anxieties about their pregnancy in their own environment, at a time convenient to them.

The aim within our centre is to support children with learning difficulties and disabilities to maximise their access to the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum, and to support parents in meeting the needs of their children.

The Bosom Buddies scheme was set up in 2002 to help new breast-feeding mothers through a network of peer supporters. Now, with 60 buddies trained, levels of mothers breast-feeding within 48 hours of being discharged from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital are at their highest since recording began.

The Cambridge Road Children’s Centre breastfeeding support project is helping to improve breastfeeding rates in a deprived ward in Southend by enabling mothers to make an informed choice on breast feeding, as well as receive practical support.