What is a Children's Centre?

What will you discover at your local Sure Start Children’s Centre?

What is a Children’s Centre?

A Children’s Centre is a fantastic community resource that provides a range of services to support you and your family.  As a team they strive to improve the quality of life for every child and their parents by offering advice and support with issues such as early education, childcare, health and family advice. The atmosphere in the Centre is welcoming, the team friendly and all enquiries are dealt with discreetly and with integrity; remember they’re there to help you!

How does it work?

Each Centre has access to a whole range of professionals including health visitors, midwives, family support workers and early year’s practitioners.  They will work closely with you, identifying your needs so that the advice and support is specific to you.

How will I find my local Children’s Centre?

There are 19 Children’s Centres across the whole of Cheshire East, so there’ll be one in or near to your area.  You can find out where your nearest one is by going to the Children's Centres page or call the Family Information Service free on 0800 408 2013.

We want parents and carers to feel respected and valued for the role that they play in the development of their child’s life. We’ll work with you to find out what help and advice you may need as early as possible and will put the right level of support in place. We will make also sure that access to all of the services is made as easy as possible.

Register your child with a Children's Centre

To register your child with a Cheshire East Children's Centre, please fill in our online Cheshire East Children's Centre Registration Form. Once you have completed the form, a local Children’s Centre will contact you.

All of the Centres offer a great range of activities for you to enjoy which could include:

• Nursery and day care (on site or locally
• Information and support to find childcare
• Support for children with additional needs
• Drop in sessions for information advice and support
• Healthy lifestyle sessions
• Antenatal and post-natal support 
• Young Parents groups including both Mum’s and Dad’s groups
• Stay and play sessions
• Training, back to work activities and job clubs
• Parenting support

And remember

• Our service is confidential
• We welcome all nationalities and cultures
• Our staff are trained to deal with all kinds of  issues that you may be facing
• All of the people who visit the centres are asked to help and support each other
• We want you and your children to feel safe and have fun!