Parents from Sure Start Honor Oak attributed their success to an innovative double-decker Playbus. As well as providing a sessional mobile play service, the bus gives parents access to health and midwifery services and employment advice with Job Centre Plus.
Local grandmother Pauline Crawshaw said, 'For many local people the highlight of the week is when the Playbus drives up. They find a warm welcome and there are so many opportunities for children to indulge in imaginative play.'
In Sure Start Evelyn, there are now Somali, Vietnamese and Kosovan workers to meet the needs of the culturally diverse community.
One mother said, 'I came to live in the UK ten years ago and Sure Start makes me feel like part of the community. I am now a board member - not just a mother stuck pushing a pram.'
