Brent families invited to free Family Hub launches

Brent families will be able to visit two new Best Start in Life Family Hubs this summer as Brent Council launches a wider early years strategy aimed at making support easier to find and use.

The free Best Start Family Hub launch events are open to residents, parents, carers, families and young people. The first takes place at St Raphael’s Best Start in Life Family Hub on Wednesday 17 June, from 1pm to 3pm. The second takes place at Preston Park Best Start in Life Family Hub on Thursday 2 July, from 11.30am to 2.30pm.

The hubs are designed as local places where families can meet professionals, ask about support, and connect with services from pregnancy through to age 18, or up to 25 for young people with special educational needs.

Two free launch dates for Brent families

The launch programme begins at St Raphael’s Best Start in Life Family Hub on Wednesday 17 June, running from 1pm to 3pm. Preston Park Best Start in Life Family Hub follows on Thursday 2 July, running from 11.30am to 2.30pm.

Brent Council says residents are invited to attend the launch events to meet local professionals and find out what support is available through the hubs. The source notice does not provide venue addresses, booking instructions, transport notes or accessibility details.

What families can ask about at the hubs

The Best Start Family Hubs are replacing the former Brent Family Wellbeing Centres, with services brought together in community settings rather than spread across separate routes.

The support listed by Brent Council includes health visiting, parenting support, early education, childcare advice, speech and language development, SEND support, and activities for children and young people. For families trying to navigate several services at once, the hub model is intended to make it clearer where to start.

The offer covers pregnancy, early years and childhood, then continues through to age 18. For young people with special educational needs, support can continue up to age 25.

That range matters because the launch is not only for parents of babies or toddlers. Carers, expectant parents, families with school-age children, and young people with additional needs are all within the audience described by the council.

Brent’s early years strategy sits behind the events

The launch events are tied to Brent’s new Early Years Strategy, which focuses on earlier intervention, stronger support for young children with additional needs, and tackling inequalities before they become barriers to a child’s future.

The council says the strategy was shaped by the views of more than 400 local parents, carers and professionals. It also sets targets to increase take-up of free childcare, improve school readiness and help more children thrive by the time they start school.

Cllr Jake Rubin, Cabinet Member for Children’s Services, Employment and Climate Action, said every child deserves the best possible start in life and that families should be able to access support quickly and easily.

“Our new Best Start Family Hubs and Early Years Strategy mark a major step forward for Brent, bringing services together so families receive joined-up support from pregnancy through to school age,” he said.

For readers looking at family support beyond Brent, hiyastar.co.uk has also covered free community support events for carers elsewhere in England.

Details to check before attending

The two confirmed launch windows are Wednesday 17 June, 1pm to 3pm, at St Raphael’s Best Start in Life Family Hub, and Thursday 2 July, 11.30am to 2.30pm, at Preston Park Best Start in Life Family Hub.

Attendance is described as free, and residents are invited to attend. Brent Council directs residents to its Family Hubs page for more information and to read Brent’s Early Years Strategy.

Source: Brent Council