C lin Nei hbourhood Sure Start Pro ect ort of the Trustees nded 3 March 2024 OBJFCTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Principle ALtivitics and Future Development Tlie Coinpaiiy encoinpasses tlie fol lowing activities: To eiihance tlie developincnt aiid education of cliildi'en below statutory age and to rel ieve poverly, sickiiess aiid distress ainoiig those in iiecessitoiis circiimstances iii Coliii NeighboLirliood. Colin Sure Start is a governiiient led programine workiiig with parents and cliildren under tlie age of four in tlie Col in ai-ea. Oiii- iiiain fociis is to valLie and siipport all children aged 0-4 aiid tlieir families by providing free services, activities and pi'ograinmes tliat focus on early ediicalion, liealtli, family support and play developinent. Oiii. vision is to reach out to faiiiili¢s witli cliildi'en aged 0-4 years. .laying foLindations, creating opportuiiities aiid workiiig iii pai-tiiei'ship to give every cliild tlie best possible starl in life. Thc aiins of Siire .Start are to coiiipleineiil the woi-k of existing local services and provide youiig fainilies witli advice 011 where to go and wlio to speak to, if tliey liave more specialised needs or problems. The ()ngoing support that Sui'e Start provides can lielp to Inake sure that cliildren flourish both at liome and wlien tliey go to scliool, Sui'e Stai't aims to iinprove the ability to learii, Iiealtli aiid yocial developmeiit of tlie children tliat use its sei'vices. 'I"lic 8ure Start pi'ograinme i.s supported by a Iiuinbei. of key principles: 'ro c()ordinate, str¢ain line and add valiie to existiiig servioes for youiig cliildreii aiid tlieir faiiiilies in local coinmuiiities 'I'o iiivolvc pai'ents I'o avoid stiginc1 Ti) eiisui'e lasliiig suppoi't To be seiisitive to local fam ilics, needs To proinote tlic participation of al I IuLiil faini lies Siii'e start woi'k is focused oli six high outcoines to ensLire cliildreii are: Beiiig l)e<liy Eiijoyiiig leai'iiilig aiid acli ieviiig Living in safety aiid witli stabi lity Living in a society wl)ich respecls Iheir riglits Experieiiciiig ecoiioiiiic and eiiviroiiineiital wel Ibeiiig Coiiti'ibutiiig i)ositively to commiiiiity and society Colii) Sure Start broadly delivers two types of sei'vic¢ in the local coinmuiiity. Early Yeai's Scrvices aiid Fainily Services. W iiliiii eacli of tliese areas we offer a diverse raiige of prograinin¢s, activities aiid support tliat fainilies cali avail of. Project review 2023124: A busy year and higli deinand iii oiii. postiiatal groups and prograinmes and Iiard work on tlie parl of staff has led to the projecl exceed iiig a niiimber of its targets for these group delivery Programines. 'fhese iiicluded our Baby Massage pi'ograinine (exceeded aLIIILial target) and t4aby Tiine progranime (exceeded annual targ¢t). Colin Nei hbourliood Sure Start Pro ecl ort of the Trustees ror tlie Year Elided 31 M h 2024 Anotlier programine tliat lias exceeded expectatioiis lias been our Outdoor Explorers prograinine, wliich was iiew foi- this y¢ai'. It has received great iiitei'est and uptake and lias exceeded tai-get for the yeai., despite iiici'easing tlie tai-get at Q2. Oui. Breastfeediiig SLippori gi'oiip has gone froin strength to streiigtli as well, exceeded annual target foi- Iinique parents and getting I'egular attendances of 6-1 O parents pcr week. Some of OLir play progi'ammes, particu larly OLir Pareiit and Toddler Cji'oups liave seen very pos itive engagemeiil over tlie year, exLeediiig tlieir aiiiiual target, aiid with 4 gi'oups ruiining eacli week getting regii lar attei)daftces of 8 oi. iiioi'e parents, agaiii a Iiiige effui't by staff in proinoting these and delivering qLiality scrvices. Anteiiatal eiigageinciit saw an iiici'eas¢ fruin tlic previous year aiid further development of tliis service took place traiiiiiig aiid offering Iiew progi-amines of siippoi't to parents. Tlie project also fLirtliei- dcv¢lop¢d its new services to faini lies where Eiiglish is a second laiigiiage and also Gi'andparents. Tlic ovei'all eiigag¢ment by Lisers iii tliese sei'vices iiicreased, and tlie pi'oject developed tlie offei. aiid I'an soine iiew iiiitiatives iii tlie year, siicli as tlie CLiltiiral celebration event as well as i'eglilar gi'oLIPS. Awai'eness iii tlie cominunity and otlier scrviees of wliat we artt offcring also inLreas¢d and referi'als al'e iiow coiiiiiig in regLilarly for SLipport witli ESL faiiiilies. Aiiotliei. very positive iiew d¢vL'lopment during tlie year was a parlnei'ship witli tlie local woiiiens ceiitre Footpi-inls to expaiid a social superinarkvt iiito a new ai'ea, supporting faiiii lies in the Mount bagles and Lagrniorc ai'cas. Tliis is operating as part of oiie of our speeoli and laiiguagc prograinines, wliei'e al I pareiits wlio attend the Rhytlim, Rliyme aiid Story tiine are able to avai I of tlie social siipei'inarket at tlie eiid, gettiiig shopping aiid stol'e cupboai'd Staples for les8 tlian cost pi'ice. There are Inoiitlily worksliops oli aspects of liealtliy diet, nutritioii and practical cookiiig deinon%tratioiis iiiakiiig nutritious lioine Looked and liealtli Ineal.8 fi'oin tliL' iiigrcdiciits pi'ovided in thc social supermai-ket. 'I'lie intei'est and engagenient iii tliis new iiiitiative sui'passed eveii oiii. liigliest expectatioiis, witli weekly nuiT)bei's of12 - 15 faiiiilies availiiig ot. tliis service. I'li is accouiitiiig year once again presented fii)ancial clial leiiges, wliicli at the beginning of the year w¢i'c wel I di)CLiineiited in tli¢ iiew5, Wltli Inajoi. cuts to coinirui)ity aiid voluiitary fiiiidiiig feared, aiid Inaiiy protest takii)g i)lace across Belfa.%t aiid Noi'iliei-n Ireland. A.% it traiispii'ed, Siire ,8tai't were saved fi'oin any cuts to its bLidget, but a 'cash flat, y¢ar witli no upl ift to tlie biidget had I'eal tei'ms iniplications. Tlie project made elficiLiiLy savings wliei'e it could, but risiiig opei'ating costs certainly proved a cliall¢nge. Sevei-al posts tliat becaiiie vacaiit durii)g tlie year wei'e not recruited for witli the Inoncy saved froiii these redeployed to pi'ograiniiie delivery Costs. The Board of Dircctoi's and project IT]aiiagement were able to navigatc these clial lei)ges, but keeiily aware of tlie prospect of aiiotlier ycai. witli iio biidget upli ft for 24125, took soiiie difficult dccisioiis ai'oiiiid tlie pi'ojects staffiiig, witli several vacaiil posts not retained for the coiniiig ycar. Tlic pi'oject lia5 bceii iii I'egular coiitaLt witli its fiiiider dbout tlie iiiiplications wliich uiitoi'tiiiiately al-e iiot Liniqiie to Colin .8iire stai-t, but arc challeiigcs faci11g many in the secloi., aiid oiir Biisiiiess Plaii is I'eflective of tliese cliaiige.% iii Staffiiig iiuiiibci-s aiid lioiirs. Despite these cliallenges tlicre w¢r¢ Inaiiy positiv¢s iii tlic year.- thc pi'ojcct is well on its pathway iii gettiiig fill ly accred ited tlirough UNICEF as a Breastfeediiig Siippoi't ceiiti'e along witli othei. Sure Start projects in tlie S E Ti'ust ai'ea, liaviiig passed the BF I Stage 3 assessment iii Feb 2023. The project will iioNv inaintain this status witli regular audits and trainiiig befoie applying for tlie Gold standard acci'editation iii 2025. -rhe projeLt Ilas Inade soime gi-eat steps diii'ing tlie year iii Ineasuring outcoines. lin Nei bbourhood Sure Start Pi"0 ect t of tlie Trustees The Oiitcome Star tool is now being Lised regularly in oiir Iiome-based family suppoi't and other teains who are pi'oviding lionie-buslainability of pareiits's aiid cli ildi'eii's activity witliiii tlic arca of bciicfit. Tliis pui'pose does iiot lead to harin, 1'1ic bcnefi¢iaries of tliis piirpose are all par¢iits aiid ch ildren. There is iio private beiiefit arising from tliis pui'pose. (c)To develop tlie cupacity aiid ski Ils of par¢iits iii tlie ai'¢a of benefit ii) .gucli H way that they are better able to ideiitify, aiid lielp IT]cet, Ilieir iieed.% aiid to parlicipatc mol'e ful Iy iii Society. Tlie direct beiiefit which flows fi-oiii tli 18 piii-i)ose is Iliat thi'ougli developing a self-l)elp Inodel, faini l ies al'e supported tu biiild their capacity aiid skills to ideiitify their needs aiid to devel()p %ci'vices to ineet tlieir distlllLt needs. 'fhe evidence to deinoiisti-ate tliis benefit is providcd fi'oirj mcmbei's, feedback, iiicreased representation on cominiinity roriiinslnctworks, quai'tcrly/aniiLial monitoriiig and activity rcpoi'ts. 'Ihis purpose does not lead to hdrm. Thc bcneficiaries of tl)is purpuse are all faini lies aiid chi Idi-eii. There is iio private beiiefit ai-isiiig froin tliis piirpose. (d)"fo proinote SQLi