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Cardiff Flying Start - Family support services

Last updated: 15/04/2026
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What we do

Flying Start is an early years programme set up by Welsh Government to support families by providing health advice, learning skills support and practical ideas to support themselves and their children towards a bright future. Services include:

Enhanced Health Services
Flying Start Health Visitors are able to offer eligible families much more support. Health Professionals deliver both home based and group sessions such as baby massage, and post natal support. Speech and Language therapists are able to advise and support children's early language development. Flying Start has a Dietetics Team on hand to provide lots of information and activities about making food healthy and fun.

Free Childcare
Living in a Flying Start catchment entitles a child to a free part-time childcare place, where one is available.

Parenting Programmes
Cardiff Flying Start offers a variety of parenting programmes. These are available to Flying Start families in their own home or in the local community.

Who do we support

Flying Start is available to all eligible families with a Flying Start postcode. Go on to www.flyingstartcardiff.co.uk to check eligibility.

The Flying Start programme is available to all families living within the designated Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA’s).

This part-time childcare place is for two and a half hours a day, five days a week, mostly during school term times. The childcare is delivered by an approved Flying Start provider such as a local playgroup, Meithrin, day nursery or childminder. from the term following the child's second birthday to the end of the term in which he/she has his/her third birthday; OR until they start Nursery education, whichever comes first.

Is there a charge to use this service?

No

Can anyone use this service?

Flying Start is available to all eligible families with a Flying Start postcode. Go on to http://www.flyingstartcardiff.co.uk/ to check eligibility.

Service details for this family support services

Language: Welsh medium setting and English medium setting

  • Can provide specialist support for families of children with disabilities / additional needs Yes
    Please contact to discuss your child(s) needs further.   Cardiff Flying Start works to ensure that ALL Flying Start Services are inclusive and accessible to Children with additional needs. Flying Start staff follow our Pathway Manual for Children with Additional Needs. This explains the different levels of support and intervention as part of a coordinated, graduated response.
  • Relevant staff have a valid current DBS? Yes

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 Opening times

Mon-Fri:
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

 Accessibility

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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.