Mortimer House Children's Centre in Bradford, which is run by the Children's Society, is working with other local organisations to meet that challenge. "We found voluntary and statutory groups were all struggling so we needed to work together," says programme manager Ann Kendal.
A good starting point was the fact Eastern European families were using advice services, so the children's centre drafted in an interpreter to run an advice drop-in service. "That made the service more accessible and it started to build trust and showed people we were committed to working with them," says Kendal.
But the biggest step forward came out of a partnership between the Children's Society, a community centre called the Thornbury Centre, and local voluntary groups.
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