Running a successful children's centre can be about going with the flow, says Julie Lannon, who manages London Colney Children's Centre in Hertfordshire.
While children's centres should aim to reach families that may not naturally come to them, sometimes that's about letting groups and services evolve, she explains.
One of her centre's success stories is a Friendship Group for Bengali mums. This sprang out of consultation by health visitors with families whose first language is not English.
"Parents were saying they wanted somewhere to meet outside the home. A large number of Bengali mums came early on and it developed into a Bengali women's group," says Lannon.
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