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Future direction of the Best Start Lincolnshire: Inclusion Service

The council wants to make sure funding is used in the most effective way to support all children across the County to have the best start in life.

Where do you go for advice or information about early years services before your child/children starts school? Select all that apply

Midwife

Health Visitor / Family Health Worker

Family Help, for example Family Help Worker or Social Worker

Best Start Lincolnshire: Early Years and Family Service

Best Start Lincolnshire: Inclusion Service

Other local children’s centre or Family Hub services, for example Early Years Practitioners, Early Years Specialist Teachers, Early Learning and Portage Support Service, Early Support and Learning Provision, and so on

Childcare or early years provider

Child’s nursery / school

Local community groups

Friends or family

The Start for Life pages on the council’s website or Start for Life offer promotional materials

The Family Services Directory and Local Offer

Websites or social media (Facebook)

Other (please specify)

I don’t need to seek such advice

Which do you think is most important in helping ethnic minority children in their early years to have the best start in life and achieve a good level of development? Select up to three

Offering a diverse range of activities that can support all families with their child’s development, health and wellbeing needs

Ensuring local children’s centres and Family Hubs promote a sense of belonging for all families

A wide range of resources and materials that are available in different languages to help raise awareness of, and access, to services in local children’s centres / Family Hubs and local communities

Information in different languages on how to access early years and childcare provision, for example childminder, nursery

Multi-national Stay and Play and Holiday Fun sessions delivered within local children’s centres / Family Hubs and other local community venues

Translation and interpretation support when accessing support in local children’s centres / Family Hubs or in the wider community

Translation and interpretation support when attending meetings to help support children’s needs, for example Midwife, Health Visitor, Family Help, Speech and Language support, support with a child’s special educational needs and / or disabilities

Time limited support for all ethnic minority families who need it the most in order to help them access services within their local children’s centre / Family Hub or wider community

None of the above

Other, please specify

The Best Start Lincolnshire: Inclusion Service supports ethnic minority children and their families in accessing a range of services for all children aged 0 to 5 within children’s centres and Family Hubs.

Which of the following options do you think is the best approach for the future of this service?

Continue to commission the Best Start Lincolnshire: Inclusion Service

Continue to commission the Best Start Lincolnshire: Inclusion Service but with a reduced offer

Stop commissioning the Best Start Lincolnshire: Inclusion Service. The services that ethnic minority children, and their families are helped to access will still be available but no longer through Best Start Lincolnshire: Inclusion Service

Please state why you have selected your chosen option

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