Three more family hubs launch across Liverpool
The hubs are designed to make sure parents get the right support at the right time
Three more family hubs have opened across Liverpool to make sure parents get the right support at the right time.
It takes the total to five, which the council promised to have in place by 2025 after securing £4m of central government funding to offer every family in the city access to improved support.
Family hubs support families with children aged 0-19 years, or 25 if a young person has special educational needs or disabilities.
The new hubs are based within existing children's centres in:
- Picton - 139 Earle Road, L7 6HD
- Granby - Eversley Street, L8 2TU
- Fountains - Fountains Road, L4 1QH
The networks will support families in Edge Hill, Smithdown, Arundel, Toxteth, Greenbank Park, Princes Park, Kirkdale East, Kirkdale West and Waterfront North wards.
The other two hubs, in Clubmoor and Ellergreen Children's Centre and Speke, opened last year.
Cllr Lila Bennett, Liverpool's lead member for Family Hubs, said:
"We’re so pleased that we have now launched a further three hubs in the city.
"Families all across Liverpool will know about the exceptional support that our Children’s Centres have given over many years and the Family Hub networks are set to expand on that by extending the offer of support up to the ages of 19 or 25 if a young person has SEND.
"By using our brilliant Children’s Centres we can hit the ground running making sure that families all across the city can get the right support at the right time.
"As always, our thanks go to our partners who work so hard alongside us. They have helped make our Children’s Centres the valued parts of the community that they are and I have no doubt that they will be every bit as important in doing the same for the Family Hubs."
Alison Williams, Delivery Lead for Healthy Children & Families, NHS Liverpool Place, said:
"NHS Liverpool Place is delighted to be working with colleagues in the council, as they launch the next three Family Hubs in our city.
"These Hubs will strengthen our local offer to families, and will build on an existing, trusted network of services that we know make a huge difference to so many people.
"Combining health and social care pathways in community-based facilities, means that we can reach so many more families and improve their experiences and outcomes."