The scheme, which was put forward by Leadsom in her 2021 report Best Start for Life: A Vision for the 1,001 critical days, has seen £300m rolled out to 75 local authorities to launch hubs over two years, Leadsom revealed today (9 February).
Family hubs are designed to offer support to families from conception through to age 19, or up to 25 for children with special education needs and disabilities.
Local authorities that have been granted funding have been chosen to reflect “a good spread across England, and are a mixture of rural, urban and semi-rural areas,” Leadsom told CYP Now.
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