Sure Start Westminster Church Street
is a new group of services funded by the government, which brings together support for you and your family in a different way. It is available to all families with a child/ children under 4 living in the Sure Start Area. The programme is led by a partnership of parents and local organisations and aims to offer your child the best possible start in life.

What Sure Start is here to do
Sure Start is a Government programme which aims to achieve better outcomes for children, parents and communities by:
  • Increasing the availability of childcare for all children
  • Improving health and emotional development for young children
  • Supporting parents as parents and in their aspirations towards employment

This will be achieved by:

  • Helping services development in disadvantaged areas alongside financial help for parents to afford childcare
  • Rolling out the principles driving the Sure Start approach to all services for children and parents


Sure Start supports families from pregnancy right through until children are 14, including those with special educational needs for those with disabilities up to age 16.