Children's centres
Together for Children (TfC) has been appointed by the DCSF to support the expansion of the Children’s Centres programme. Currently there are nearly 1,100 such Centres. By 2008 this number will increase to 2,500.
Responsibility for delivering Centres rests with local authorities, who have been given a capital allocation for any building work required. The role of TfC is to support LAs by analysing their strengths, weaknesses and capacity to deliver their target number of centres. We will do this by concentrating our efforts on the most vulnerable authorities and offering support and intervention strategies.
Intervention strategies, or toolkits, will be developed nationally so that they can be drawn on by regional programme leads and local programme advisers and delivered to individual LAs, or groups of LAs.
The Together for Children Partnership
The Together for Children partnership was formed to bring together national expertise in children's services and programme management.
Each of the partner organisations has specific areas of expertise and together they form a strong and dynamic team with an unrivalled national profile and a strong focus on support and delivery.
ContinYou works with the following organisations on the Children's Centres project:
Serco is one of the leading private sector partners operating within the education and children's services sectors. www.serco.com.
CareandHealth uses its networks which bridge social care, NHS, education, central government and capital markets to assist in the formulation of practical policy and capacity solutions that meet the modernisation agenda. www.careandhealth.com.
4Children is the national charity dedicated to creating opportunities and building futures for all children. www.4Children.org.uk.
PA Consulting Group is a leading management, systems and technology consulting firm. www.paconsulting.com
For further information on the Together for Children programme please visit our websites:
www.childrens-centres.org and www.togetherforchildren.co.uk
or call the TfC helpline 0870 990 8945.
