The development and expansion of Sure Start Scotland has been hailed asa success by a report commissioned by the Scottish Executive. The SureStart Scotland Mapping Exercise 2004 described the overall picture as"very positive".
"Sure Start continues to provide a flexible approach, combininguniversal and targeted services and respondents in this study allthought that Sure Start Scotland made a difference to the planning anddelivery of services as well as the families being supported," saidco-author Sarah Cunningham-Burley, who works at the Centre for Researchon Families and Relationships at the University of Edinburgh.
Local authorities claimed tangible benefits such as improved childbehaviour and development, and increased parental self-esteem. Thereport also found that there has been a year-on-year increase in thenumber of places for children and parents. In 1999/2000 Sure StartScotland supported 3,387 children, but by 2003/04 this had jumped to15,400.
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