Sure Start and Children's Centre Evaluations
Supporting the Evaluation of Local Sure Start Programmes and Children's Centres

Acton Shapiro has been working with a number of local Sure Start Programmes over the past few years and has built up substantial experience and expertise in a range of areas relating to evaluation.  Although we always tailor our support to suit individual requirements and priorities, we have summarised below the most common ways in which we can help you:

  • Planning your evaluation
  • Developing evaluation skills within the team
  • Training for parent evaluators
  • Baseline user satisfaction surveys
  • Service evaluations
  • Process (thematic) evaluations
  • Assessing value for money
  • Ongoing support for managers and staff.

Programmes we are currently supporting - or have recently supported - include Scarborough, Bridlington South, Hemlington and Newham (Middlesbrough), Mexborough (Doncaster), Sure Start South Westminster (London) and Myton St Andrews, Longhill and Bilton Grange, Newington with Gipsyville and Marfleet (all Hull).

Two recently completed projects are:
  • An evaluation of the Dental Health Education Service for two Hull Sure Starts
  • A Parent Satisfaction Survey for Sure Start South Westminster.