Re: National Audit Office SURE START Report

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Happy new year to you, too, ,  and to all Senate members.  Many thanks for this useful information.  On 2 Jan 2007, at 10:38, Coles wrote:Happy New Year to SENATE members.FYINational Audit Office Report on Sure Start Children's Centres. Good on giving models of practice for hard to reach groups such as parents of disabled children and fathers. Also useful for evaluation methods and the conclusion that evaluation needs to be long term.From "NSPCC Library" Informnspcc (DOT) org.ukSure Start Children’s Centres are valued by most of the families who use them and the families reached by children’s centres are some of the most disadvantaged but more needs to be done to ensure they reach and support some of the most excluded groups, according to an evaluation by the National Audit Office.Source: Press Release http://www.nao.org.uk/pn/06-07/0607104.htm 19 December 2006National Audit OfficeDr Coles PhD BA RHV RGNResearch FellowDepartment of Child HealthCardiff University, School of MedicineHeath ParkCardiff CF14 4XNTelephoneDirect line 02920 74 2160Department Secretary 02920 743374/5http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/medicine/child_health/research/community/preventionhttp://www.core-info.cf.ac.uk/