ENGLAND
Sure Start was launched in England in 1998, with the aim of improving the health and wellbeing of young children and their parents through centres providing integrated services. It was targeted initially at the most deprived wards in the country, and more than 500 Sure Start local programmes were established. In 2003, the government announced its aim to set up a Sure Start children's centre in each of the 20 per cent of most deprived wards in England. It has since set an aim of having 3,500 centres open by 2010. The government directly funded Sure Start until March 2006. Since then, local authorities have been given funding to set up centres that meet local needs.
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