Issue - meetings

To provide information regarding ongoing work to develop the existing 17 Children’s Centres into eight integrated Family Hubs for Brent families with children aged 0-18 years, and to 25 years for those with children with disabilities. The new Family Hubs will build on existing children’s centre services and the local authority statutory responsibilities regarding the provision of children’s centres.  Services for young children and their families will continue to be met. This Cabinet paper details the potential delivery opportunities and sets out the recommended option.  

RESOLVED

       i)          Cabinet agrees to the development into Family Hubs of those sites listed in Table 1 below for the reasons detailed in the report and particular in paragraph 6.10 of the report.

Table 1

Current Children’s Centre sites proposed to become Family Hubs

      ii)          Cabinet agrees that the sites detailed in Table 2 below will cease Children’s Centre provision, and seek alternative usage options for the reasons detailed in the report and in particular in paragraph 6.10 of the report.

Table 2

Current sites proposed to end existing Children’s Centre provision from,

seeking alternative usage options:

    iii)          Cabinet approved an approach to manage Family Hubs as set out in the report and in particular in paragraph 6.21 of the report, with health services being commissioned and the majority of other services being brought in-house.

   iv)          Cabinet delegated authority to the Strategic Director, Community Wellbeing in consultation with the Lead Member for Public Health, Culture and Leisure to tender and award a contract(s) to deliver health services from Family Hubs as detailed in appendix 4.

     v)          Cabinet delegated authority to approve requests to the Strategic Director, Children and Young People to Tender and Award some specific services to be delivered from Family Hubs as detailed in appendix 4.

RESOLVED

       i)          Cabinet agrees to the development into Family Hubs of those sites listed in Table 1 below for the reasons detailed in the report and particular in paragraph 6.10 of the report.

Table 1

Current Children’s Centre sites proposed to become Family Hubs

      ii)          Cabinet agrees that the sites detailed in Table 2 below will cease Children’s Centre provision, and seek alternative usage options for the reasons detailed in the report and in particular in paragraph 6.10 of the report.

Table 2

Current sites proposed to end existing Children’s Centre provision from,

seeking alternative usage options:

    iii)          Cabinet approved an approach to manage Family Hubs as set out in the report and in particular in paragraph 6.21 of the report, with health services being commissioned and the majority of other services being brought in-house.

   iv)          Cabinet delegated authority to the Strategic Director, Community Wellbeing in consultation with the Lead Member for Public Health, Culture and Leisure to tender and award a contract(s) to deliver health services from Family Hubs as detailed in appendix 4.

     v)          Cabinet delegated authority to approve requests to the Strategic Director, Children and Young People to Tender and Award some specific services to be delivered from Family Hubs as detailed in appendix 4.