Liverpool City Council has unveiled three new Family Hub networks, bringing the total in the city to five. The hubs will be based within existing children’s centres and will support families in wards including Edge Hill, Smithdown, Arundel, Toxteth, and Princes Park. The Family Hub model expands on the current offering of children’s centres, with additional support for older children incorporating youth services. Adults will also benefit from wider guidance provided by the hubs, including debt advice and domestic abuse support, with a digital offer to help people access online services.
Funded by the Department for Education, Liverpool City Council is committed to providing every family in the city with access to the enhanced level of support offered by the Family Hubs by March 2025. The additional £4m of central government funding will help to achieve this goal.
The launch of the three new hubs was marked with a special invitation-only Play Day Event, supported by the BBC’s Tiny Happy People and attended by families who already use the children’s centres, alongside Council Leader Cllr Liam Robinson and Family Hub Lead Cllr Lila Bennett. Parent Blogger, Mrs Roster said, “I think it’s fantastic that Liverpool City Council is investing £4m in Family Hubs to support families across the city, especially in these uncertain times.”
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.” She added, “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
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