HEA25232 - Family Hubs Direct Award

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    "title": "HEA25232 - Family Hubs Direct Award",
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      "id": "2023/54",
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    "description": "The Best Start Family Hubs Grant funding is a national government investment led by the Department for Education (DfE). It sits within the wider \"Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life\" strategy, published in July 2025, and the government's Plan for Change ambition to ensure 75% of children achieve a Good Level of Development (GLD) by 2028. The grant will expand and embed a local network of Best Start Family Hubs, prioritising areas of higher deprivation.\nThis funding will be used locally to expand the local offer of Family Hubs, and services offered within these, taking them into the new phase of Best Start Family Hubs.\nDevelopment of the Family Hub provision in the Wyre Forest District. To include;\n* Expanding the capacity of the current Family Hub offer\n* Rebranding and launch a new 'Best Start Family Hub' system branding   \n* Expanding the current offer of parenting support with Family Hubs\n* Developing and expanding a Home learning Environment offer of support   \n* Expanding current outreach provision\n* Expanding current peer support delivery\n* Ensuring families are engaged in coproduction and service development\nContract value is £62,400 for the period 01/03/26 - 31/03/27.",
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