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Home » Sure Start Projects » Blossom Sure Start
Blossom Sure Start offers a range of services to families with pre-school children to help them reach their full potential. Services are offered both in your own home and in local venues such as community centres. Services are free and strictly confidential. Location of your Sure Start project Sure Start services are available to all families with at least one pre-school child who lives in the following areas of Portadown:
What services are on offer? Current services include:
Development of services will be ongoing in response to needs/demands identified by the parents/carers. Blossom Sure Start encourages feedback on existing services and ideas for developing services. Comments welcomed either by telephone or in writing to Blossom Sure Start office. Who is responsible for Sure Start (Partner's Names) Blossom Sure Start is managed by a Committee made up of representatives from statutory, voluntary and community organisations with an interest in support services to families with young children. It includes parents, parent and toddlers groups, local early years groups, community organisations, voluntary organisations such as Early Years, Home-Start and Social Health & Social Care Trust. How to contact us: Blossom Sure Start Telephone: 028 3833 7455 What happens once I register with Sure Start? You will receive a welcome letter and information pack, providing details of services and contact names and numbers for Sure Start staff. You will receive a copy of Blossom Time, our quarterly newsletter, and periodically other information on services on offer through Sure Start. Please provide examples how your Sure Start project has helped families within your area. If possible could you also provide some quotes from your families. Comments from parents “I think Sure Start is really great. Anything that you run is really well organised” (mother's comment to Speech and Language Therapist) “This past year has been the most difficult of my life and you got me through the toughest part of it” (mother's comment to her Family Support Worker) “I have gained a friend and a lot of knowledge and someone to express my feelings with” (written feedback from mother regarding Family Support service) “The support was and is very beneficial, knowing someone was there when you needed them” (feedback from father on Family Support service) “It's more personal and easier to relate to. A warmer atmosphere” (feedback on home-based Speech and Language service) “It's easier to remember the advice that the SLT gives you when you are in your home. You're not as preoccupied with watching other children” (comments on home-based Speech and Language service) Updated June 2009
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