Today is the 27th anniversary of the 1997 Labour Landslide that heralded the intro of the minimum wage, Surestart & the resurgence of the NHS. In a campaign never see the like of before by The Labour Party 1st woman & youngest ever General Secretary. So proud of her.

Brothers training programmes training programmes second session at Outer West SureStart grew in numbers, with 9 mums producing their own unique masterpiece 🩵💜💙💚🧡❤️🩷👩‍🎨🎨

Next week, Lego Creativity Workshop!

@SureStart Belfast Trust The CPD Group

'I'm hope you're enjoying Surestart because we're closing it next week to buy more nuclear weapons'

#r4today

Alleged N2bn FIRS Fraud: Defence Counsel’s  Absence Stalls Ita’s Trial

The ongoing trial of Emmanuella Eteta Ita, Head of Stakeholders Unit of the Federal Inland Revenue Services, FIRS and her Surestart School Limited was stalled on Monday, February 19, 2024, due to the absence

But Starmer's shadow cabinet is not the Labour party who set up SureStart.

Starmer's 'government-in-waiting' supports the two-child benefit cap, won't stand with striking teachers, nurses, etc.
Betrayed staff during the pandemic.

We've no confidence in Starmer or *his* #Labour

If you wonder why your road is a mosaic of potholes, surestart is closing, schools are failing & mental health services are overwhelmed, here's an excellent explainer.

Supporting Children & Families - a great read for anyone wanting to know about the effectiveness of Sure Start. I’m proud to say there is a chapter by Mairi-Ann Cullen and Geoff Lindsay about my role at SureStart Chelmsley Wood.

I am sure 1997-2010 a lot of fuck ups happened and it wasn't utopia, but there were also a lot of achievements, such as the minimum wage, surestart scheme, Good Friday peace agreement, can you tell me what this government have achieved since 2010?

In praise of Surestart. Among other things our local centre got 1st son a play therapy package for family trauma when 2nd son was born 14 weeks early. And same for 2nd son soon after, when 1st son got leukaemia. Those people saved our souls again & again. Brilliant initiative.

'What awaits people sent to Rwanda? Learn a little history, quick game of footy in the courtyard, maybe an impromptu picnic. It's like SureStart but for asylum seekers. It's all about skills and developing skills to engage stakeholders.'

Surestart was a lifeline when I had my first baby. A community, a place to get help on anything & everything, a place I went to religiously as an anxious new mum. By the time I had my third baby it had disappeared. A terrible, devastating unforgivable political & policy failure.

Agreed. Surestart would be a manifesto pledge I'd commit to.

What are #familyhubs and to what extent do they build on the success of #surestart ? See our 5 page special in Nursery World this May Coram Family and Childcare Family Hubs Network Early Years Alliance Coram Hempsall’s nurseryworld.co.uk/features/artic…

tacaccess.com/knowledge-hub/… Play is in decline and it’s having a devastating effect on children’s development and well-being. In our blog this week, we reflect on this crisis and what we have to learn from policies past. #surestart #LabourParty #mentalhealth

Tfw the word “Surestart” is about to be dropped.

Important evidence shows #SureStart was able to disrupt the transmission of social disadvantage from one generation to another, because improving education outcomes is linked to so many other positive life outcomes. Prof Morag Treanor FRSA

So sorry to hear of the death of Frank Field. He worked tirelessly for children living with poverty and was such a champion for the principles of SureStart. His intellect and determination will be missed.
#childpoverty #earlyyears #families #Birkenhead

14years of #Tory rule. Massive cuts to #Policing , Courts, justice & Prison services. Cuts to SureStart, Youth Clubs, Mental Health & School budgets. Experienced #Police officers leaving in huge numbers & forces struggling to recruit & retain new recruits. 🇬🇧🚔

should never have been services that pathologised little boys

Toddlers drawn to soft toys, sparkly colours, playing with girls

These arent cissy or gay boys
They're little children

& their sexist often homophobic parents needed parenting support
#SureStart not GIDS & Mermaids

We are having a great time at the Collyhurst Nursery school fun day! Face painting by surestart staff, hook a duck, bouncy castles, hot dogs, candy floss,a Greater Manchester Police van, a fire engine, Collyhurst&MostonABC Registered Charity sports session & a wonderful nursery to look around!