Children's centres
Sure Start Children’s Centres in Rochdale
provide easy access to a range of community health services,
parenting and family support, integrated early education and
childcare and links to training and employment opportunities for
families with children under five years old.
The children's centres aim to
give every under 5 the best start in life
and improve their development and learning
skills.
Parents and carers can also access help from teams of
professionals including:
- Midwives/Health visitors
- Speech therapists
- Specialists offering advice on employment
- Specialists in family support.
There are currently 21 operational Sure Start Children’s
Centres in Rochdale. Each centre is well equipped with
indoor and outdoor play facilities, meeting rooms for parents and
friendly staff to support families. Find out where you
nearest one is on the map on the link below:
Sure Start Children's
Centre Map (362kb pdf)
How do I access services?
Each centre produces a monthly timetable of activities, run by
qualified professionals. You can see each timetable for this
month on the individual Children's Centre web pages. Parents
and carers are also encouraged to get involved with their local
centre in parents' groups and forums where parents' views are
taken into account and form part of the service
provision.
What's new?
Parent to Parent Magazine. See autumn edition below.
Parent to Parent
Magazine: Autumn edition (2.6mb pdf)
Citizens Advice Bureau Financial Advice for
parents
For a limited time, parents can access free, impartial and
confidential advice from a Citizens Advice Bureau Advisor at Howard
Street, Sandbrook, Belfield, Newbold, Langley, Derby Street,
Moorhouse and Littleborough Children's Centres. The sessions
are particularly for parents needing financial help or a benefits
check to make sure they are claiming what they are entitled
to. Please see below for more details:
Citizens Advice Bureau
financial advice (92kb pdf)
Baby LifeCheck
The Baby LifeCheck is an
online questionnaire from the NHS to assist parents with
babies aged 5 - 8 months old. The questionnaire covers a
range of subjects about health and development and offers top tips
and advice along the way. The questionnaire is confidential
and takes about 20 minutes to complete. There is a designated
station set up in various children's centres around Rochdale
borough for parents to complete the questionnaire and seek
assistance from the centre staff if required. Please see
below for more details:
Baby LifeCheck (105kb
pdf)
Contact your local Sure Start Children’s
Centre for more information on the services they provide in your
area.