We found that over the past 21 years there have been more than 400 different initiatives, strategies, funding streams, legislative acts and structural changes to services affecting children and young people.
However, the good news is that early years provision has escaped much of this political churn due to a major investment by Government. This investment has been more than financial. A sustained approach has enabled tailored services to flourish and meet the needs of children, families and communities.
Sure Start Children's Centres are a case in point. Their work has become so integral to the communities in which they operate, that the push to legislate for them to be placed on a statutory basis is a natural and welcome progression.
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