Community Befriending - or 'time out for parents' to provide support to individual families within their own home.

Fathers Plus - a scheme to encourage fathers to participate in the upbringing of their children and to encourage the take up and involvement of dads and male carers in all Sure Start services. To ensure the needs and issues of men in the family are addressed.

Family Support Team - to support families on an individual and group basis to prevent deterioration of the problem by intervention at an early stage.

Community Engagement Officer - to increase community involvement, community capacity building and enhance links with organisations and individuals.

Home Safety Equipment Service - to assist families on low incomes with the provision of necessary baby and safety equipment.

Advice and Information - additional CAB advice sessions

Play Areas - improving outdoor play facilities

Day Nursery Provision - initially for children from aged 2.

Pre-School Learning - to provide nursery education for those children not able to access a mainstream nursery place.

Childcare Support - will offer childcare training and employment opportunities for local people. A creche project will provide childcare to support other Sure Start services.

Reading Initiatives - Book Start, Road to Reading and an Outreach Library Service.

Out of the Box - a nursery arts project working with children, nursery staff and parents on a wide range of arts projects.

Family Learning - opportunities for parents and children to learn together and promote the joy of learning.

Community Transport/Mobile Play Unit - an accessible bus and driver to provide transport for families and groups within and outside of the area. The mobile play unit will provide additional opportunities for play and learning.

Celebrating Diversity - the development of culturally specific resources for use with travelling families and within nurseries and pre-school providers.

Adult Learning - provided by adult education providers and through informal learning, supported by the creche project will enable parents with young children to attend.

Health Co-0rdinator - responsible for leading and co-ordinating the Sure Start health team and ensuring the provision of high quality clinical care.

Midwife - a full time midwife for the area to enhance existing services and ensure that all families receive antenatal and postnatal care, including support for postnatal depression.

Speech and Language Development - additional speech therepy support.

Healthy Living Initiatives - to encourage pregnant mums and parents to give up smoking and have healthier lifestyles.

Smiling for Life - to improve dental health.

Support to families and additional needs - to enable families to access the specialist services they require, provide advocacy and link families into Sure Start services.

Research - substance misuse by pregnant women and parents with young children.

Small Grants Fund - to support community projects in delivering services for children under 4 and their families.

Evaluation - to find out if Sure Start is working and to help it work better.

The programme will be delivered through three Sure Start Family Centres based at Chilton, Ferryhill Station, and another location which has not yet been decided.

Chilton - Forming part of the new Chilton Primary School Development and Chilton Community College. The completion date for this site is November 2001.

Ferryhill Station - Conversion of part of the existing Primary School to provide an independant Family Centre. Work is due to be completed in August 2001.