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Vale of Glamorgan Flying Start - Family support services

Last updated: 10/12/2024
Family support services This resource can use the Welsh language
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What we do

We provide a variety of services to support parents to enable every child to have a flying start in life.

This includes:
- Funded childcare in a choice of settings for children from the term after their second birthday to the term after their third birthday 2.5 hours per day 39 weeks per year.
- Intensive health visiting and midwifery support
- Parent support services: advice, guidance, signposting and/or direct support on parenting and issues that impact on parenting (parenting confidently, managing finances, housing, ill health, basic skills) provided in groups or one-to-one in the family home
- Activities in the community, small groups and/or one-to-one in the home to encourage a child's development . These include Let's Play, Let's Talk, Baby Massage, Pop-in-and-Play and much more

We also oversee the roll out of the 2 year old childcare offer. This is a phased approach to offer funded childcare to families - 12.5 hours per week, term time only.

Who do we support

Age Specific 0 - 4 years living in Flying Start area

We offer outreach support for families living outside of the geographical areas of Flying Start. Please contact the Families First Advice Line for more information

Is there a charge to use this service?

No

Can anyone use this service?

Some activities are open access to children 0-4 and their families living within the catchment area, others require a referral from Health Visitor, other Professional or self referral

Service details for this family support services

Language: English with use of bilingual elements

  • Can provide specialist support for families of children with disabilities / additional needs Yes
    Please contact to discuss your child(s) needs further.   We endeavor to provide an inclusive service and ensure all our groups in the community are accessible.
    We run specific sessions for children with Additional Needs such as Sense of Play (1:1 in the home) and Rainbow Group (community based). For more information please contact Flying Start or the Families First Advice Line
  • Relevant staff have a valid current DBS? Yes

 Address

 You can send post here:

Flying Start
The Flying Start Building
Skomer Road
Barry
CF62 9DA

 You can visit us here:

Flying Start
The Flying Start Building
Skomer Road
Barry
Vale Of Glamorgan
CF62 9DA

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 Opening times

Monday - Thursday 8:30am - 5:00pm. Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

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For more information please refer to the full terms and conditions.

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We will take reasonable steps to ensure the information within the website is as accurate as possible. We cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of this information. The contributors themselves maintain their own information and they welcome feedback about the accuracy of the information they provide. Those accessing it are advised to take reasonable steps to consider its content before acting upon it. This could include seeking professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the information within our website.

Please note that the results found when searching in English or Welsh on the English and Welsh sides of the website (www.dewis.wales or www.dewis.cymru) will sometimes differ. Providers can (subject to rules around language standards that apply to some provision) choose to enter their information in English only, in Welsh only, or bilingually. Whilst we try to use the technology within the site to limit the impact of their choice, both terminology and the structure of the languages mean that differences in the results produced is sometimes inevitable.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links are provided for your information only and should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources. We reserve the right to reject or remove links to any website if we find the site content inappropriate.

For more information please refer to the full terms and conditions.