Applicable to: Northern Ireland

Sure Start was established in Northern Ireland by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland in 2000. Twenty-three programmes currently exist in Northern Ireland, providing services for approximately 19,000 children under the age of four years old, although the service is expanding.

Related glossary entries
Children and Youth Support Fund in Wales
Sure Start
Sure Start in Northern Ireland
Sure Start Scotland

Relevant websites
Sure Start homepage