The government has provided funding to 88 local authorities across England to establish family hubs which will provide a single place to go for support and information from a variety of services. 

 

This includes, for example, support with infant feeding, parenting, perinatal mental health and early language development. 

 

This is good news for local families and will make a real difference to the lives of people across our community. 

 

We know from research that the positive impacts of Sure Start were widespread and remarkably long lasting, producing better health, education and social care outcomes for families who enrolled in the programme. 

 

This is why family hubs are important. This is why they will make a difference and this is why it is right that we have two here in Corby and East Northamptonshire. 

 

The £500m project will open 1,000 centres from April 2026, meaning every council in England will have a family hub by 2028. It will build on the existing family hubs and start for life programme to provide a single point of access for services in health, education and wellbeing. 

 

Parents will also be able to register births, access midwifery and maternity services, and get help to stop smoking. There will also be activities for children under five and youth service provision. 

 

These new hubs will provide a lifeline of consistent support across our community and across the nation, ensuring health, social care and education work in unison to ensure all children get the very best start in life. 

 

Seventy-five local authorities have received joint funding from the Department for Education (DfE) and the Department for Health and Social Care as part of the Family Hubs and Start for Life Programme. 

 

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