Family Hubs and Start for Life programme: local authority guide 2025 to 2026
Guidance for the 75 pre-selected local authorities on the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme, for the 2025 to 2026 financial year.
Applies to England
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The 鈥楩amily Hubs and Start for Life programme guide鈥� provides:
- an explanation of how the programme aims to transform Family Hubs and Start for Life services
- information on expectations, funding and assurance for year 4 of the programme
鈥楧elivery expectations for funded services鈥� sets out the minimum expectations and options to 鈥榞o further鈥� for each funded strand.
The 鈥楩amily hub model framework鈥櫬爄ncludes the criteria for 2 stages of family hub transformation: basic and developed models.
鈥楩amily hub service expectations鈥� provides:
- a list of the core services we expect local areas to deliver through their family hubs
- the minimum expectations of the services that do not get investment through this programme
The 13 local authorities funded through the Family Hubs Transformation Fund are expected to meet the minimum expectations for family hubs transformation funding set out in the guidance by March 2026.
Guidance that applies to the end of the 2024 to 2025 financial year is available.