What is Together for Children?
Together for Children works with Sunderland City Council and partner organisations to ensure that children’s services across Sunderland are delivered by a suitably qualified and experienced workforce and deliver optimum value for money.
We provide a range of services for children and their families including: Early Help, Social Care, Education, visit our website for more information!
Family Hubs
Sunderland City is one of 75 local authorities in the UK to be awarded Government funding to develop Family Hubs in the city.
The hubs will help services such as midwifery, health visitors, mental health support and services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities to provide support in one place; providing an integrated, wrap-around service for the whole family from conception, through a child’s early years, until they are 19 years of age (or 25 should they have special educational needs and disabilities).
Family Hubs aim to make sure families can access help and support needed at an early stage, prioritise the crucial first days of children’s lives, tackle any issues before they escalate, reduce disadvantage and achieve better outcomes for all children and young people.
The Hubs will present an opportunity for partners and services to work together to support families in one place. Together for Children currently have four Family Centres in Sunderland – Bunnyhill in Hylton Castle, Thorney Close in the West, The Rainbow Centre in Washington and Coalfield Family Centre in Hetton.
They will soon be opening a fifth in the East of Sunderland. These Centres will change into Family Hubs.
Share your views in the public consultation
If you use or have an interest in the services provided to children and families in Sunderland you are invited to take part in the public consultation.
Locations of physical consultation sessions are available to find out about by clicking here, or you can fill the consultation online by clicking here.
