Implementation Study 

Implementation Evaluation

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Implementation Methodology Report

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Building in Sure Start Programmes

This fourth themed report on implementation provides an overview ofthe buildings, extensions, conversions and other settings developed bySSLPs and investigates the experiences of SSLPs as they developed theirbuildings.

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Early Experiences of Implementing Sure Start

We have now completed the first National Survey with Rounds 1 and 2and you can read about their experiences

Click here for a Summary of Early Experiences of Implementing SureStart.

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Empowering Parents Reports

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Fathers in Sure Start Local Programmes

Our second theme investigated how far men were encouraged to takepart in Sure Start local programmes

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Frequently Asked Questions about the Case Studies

Case Studies are being conducted with some programmes.

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Frequently Asked Questions about the National Survey

Click here to look at questions that have been raised about thesurvey.

Getting Sure Start Started

One element of the Implementation Study is to look in detail at anumber of themes relevant to Sure Start. Our first report deals withall the issues faced by programmes as they get started.

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Improving the Employability of Parents in Sure Start LocalProgrammes

This third themed report on implementation looks at what ishappening to improve the employability of parents in Sure Startareas.

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Implementing Sure Start Local Programmes: An in-depth study

This report presents the findings of the Case Study analysis of 20Rounds 1-4 programmes, complementing the quantitative data collected bythe National Surveys.

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Implementing Sure Start Local Programmes: An In-depth Study. PartTwo - A Close up on Services

This report presents an in-depth picture of the individual servicesbeing delivered by the first 260 Sure Start Local Programmes. It drawson extensive qualitative and quantitative data collected in the periodof 2000 to 2004.

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Implementing Sure Start Local Programmes: An Integrated Overview ofthe First Four Years

This report integrates information regarding the design, deliveryand management of a Sure Start local programme, covering issues such asreach, access, staffing and management.

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Maternity Services in Sure Start Local Programmes

This themed study investigates the extent and ways in which SSLPshave reshaped and improved services for pregnant women and familieswith a new baby, and describes examples of good practice.

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Outreach and Home Visiting Reports

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The Quality of Early Learning, Play and Childcare Services in SureStart Local Programmes

This thematic study explores how and why existing services werechanged in SSLP areas; how staff, parents and children in SSLP areasperceived good quality services; and what some good quality serviceslooked like in practice.The study outlines a model of key dimensions ofquality in integrated early learning, play and childcare services inareas of poverty.

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Sure Start Local Programmes work on Domestic Abuse

This document looks at the practices and services surroundingdomestic abuse, including working in partnership and the provision ofsensitive services through integrated provision.

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A Better Start: Children and Families with Special Needs andDisabilities in Sure Start Local Programmes

This research explores how Sure Start Local Programmes improveservices for the families of children with special needs anddisabilities, and how they meet their needs.

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Sure Start and Black and Minority Ethnic Populations

This study reviews the policy and practice issues that arose fromthe operation of Sure Start Local Programmes in areas where there weresignificant black and minority ethnic (BME) populations. It also lookedat how smaller BME populations were served in other Sure Start LocalProgrammes.

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Promoting Speech and Language – a themed study in fifteen Sure StartLocal Programmes

Determines the extent to which the emerging knowledge about speech,language and pre-literacy are being utilised in Sure Start LocalProgrammes, and the role played in this process by speech and languagetherapists.

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Family and Parenting Support in Sure Start Local Programmes

Documents the type of family and parenting support provided andidentifies good practice.

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Understanding the contribution of Sure Start Local Programmes to thetask of safeguarding children's welfare

This study investigates the issue of how the safeguards of childrenis delt with in Sure Start Children's Centre.

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