Guidance
Family Hubs and Start for Life programme: local authority guide 2022 to 2025
Guidance for local authorities pre-selected to take part in the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme between financial years 2022 to 2025.
Applies to England
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Guidance for the 2025 to 2026 financial year is available.
The guidance is for the 75 local authorities pre-selected to take part in the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme between the financial years 2022 to 2025. It consists of:
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Family Hubs and Start for Life programme guide, which includes:
- the vision for transformation of Family Hubs and Start for Life services
- what taking part in the programme means for local authority areas
- supplementary guidance and information
- Family hub model framework, which explains how local authority areas will be expected to approach the delivery of family hubs
- Family hub service expectations, which explains the expectations for services that are not covered by this funding
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Family hub trailblazer guide, which describes:
- the government’s vision for trailblazers
- what they will be expected to achieve
- how we will support and select them
- Family Hubs and Start for Life programme sign-up form to be completed by eligible local authorities, which also includes additional questions for local authorities applying to become the programme’s trailblazers
All pre-selected local authorities must complete the sign-up form to receive their funding.
Selection and funding methodologies for the 75 local authorities pre-selected to take part in the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme are also available.
Updates to this page
Published 8 August 2022
Last updated 25 February 2025
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Updated to include a link to the guidance for the 2025 to 2026 financial year.
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First published.