NESS reports

1. A Better Start: Children and Families with Special Needs and Disabilities in Sure Start Local Programmes
This research explores how Sure Start Local Programmes improve services for the families of children with special needs and disabilities, and how they meet their needs.
2 files, 2 MB

2. Changes in the Characteristics of SSLP Areas between 2000/01 and 20004/05
The report looks at changes in the characteristics of Sure Start Local Programme areas in rounds 1 to 4, between 2000/2001 and 2004/2005.
2 files, 1 MB

3. Empowerment and Sure Start Local Programmes
Explores how far and in what ways the practices of Sure Start Local Programmes (SSLPs) have facilitated individual and community empowerment.
2 files, 1 MB

4. Outreach and Homevisiting and Sure Start Local Programmes
The study aimed to find out how far Outreach and Home Visiting were contributing to the overall aim of Sure Start.
2 files, 564 KB

5. Promoting Speech and Language: a themed study in fifteen Sure Start Local Programmes
Determines the extent to which the emerging knowledge about speech, language and pre-literacy are being utilised in Sure Start Local Programmes, and the role played in this process by Speech and Language Therapists.
2 files, 645 KB

6. Sure Start and Black and Minority Ethnic Populations
This study reviews the policy and practice issues that arose from the operation of Sure Start Local Programmes in areas where there were significant black and minority ethnic (BME) populations. It also looked at how smaller BME populations were served in other Sure Start Local Programmes.
2 files, 2 MB

7. Understanding Variations in Effectiveness amongst Sure Start Local Programmes
This study investigated what made Sure Start Local Programmes more effective and what made them less so. It will be key in informing the implementation of children’s centres.
2 files, 2 MB