Derby City Council is pleased to announce it has secured an additional £1.338 million in funding from the Department for Education (DfE) to extend our successful Family Hub programme for an additional year. This continued support reaffirms our commitment to improving outcomes for families, children, and young people across Derby city.
Originally launched in 2022/23 as part of a three-year national initiative, the Family Hub project aims to enhance the delivery of family services, particularly in areas experiencing high levels of deprivation and poor health and education outcomes.
The hubs bring together services that families may previously have had to find in different places, or found difficult to navigate, making it simple to get help in the right place, at the right time.
The range of support in our Family Hubs includes:
- Fun and interactive groups
- Infant feeding workshops, breastfeeding clubs, and support for new parents
- Help with well-being, mental health, and parent-infant relationships
- Support for children with special educational needs and their families
- Activities for dads, co-parents and other carers
- Child and family health activities around healthy eating, oral health, and stay and weigh clinics
- Support with managing finances, the cost of living and getting back into work or training
Derby is one of only five East Midlands authorities chosen for this funding, alongside Nottingham City, Lincolnshire, Leicester City, and North Northamptonshire.
The extended funding, which is structured across key service areas, will be used to support:
- Perinatal and Infant Mental Health (£0.444m)
- Infant Feeding (£0.230m)
- Parenting Support (£0.236m)
- Transformation and Capital improvements (£0.276m)
- Home School Learning (£0.126m)
- Start for Life Parent Carer Panels (£0.026m)
Councillor Paul Hezelgrave, Cabinet Member for Children, Young people and Skills, said:
This funding is vital to sustaining the progress made in supporting our most vulnerable families. The continuation of the fantastic Family Hub services ensures we maintain our commitment to early help, prevention, and a truly integrated, evidence-based approach to supporting as many families as we can in Derby.”
You can learn more about the Derby Family Hubs on our website.