{"id":73736,"date":"2026-03-26T12:33:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/?page_id=73736"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:49:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:49:46","slug":"explore-support-at-your-local-best-start-family-hub","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/child-family-support\/family-support\/family-hubs\/family-hubs-best-start-in-life-plan\/explore-support-at-your-local-best-start-family-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore support at your local Best Start Family Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"page-section clearfix has_mobile_background_image text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-69c563a78eec0\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\"><div class=\"medium-10 cell\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explore support at your local Best Start family hub<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Best Start Family Hubs bring together local services to make it easier for families to find the right help at the right time.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"section-bottom-arrow section-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n<div class=\"page-section clearfix text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-69c563a78ef26\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\"><div class=\"medium-8 cell\">\r\n                <div class=\"col-2-main\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Supporting families from the very start in Devon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Best Start Family Hubs are about joining things up around families, making support easier to find, easier to access, and more responsive to what children and parents need from the very start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They offer a welcoming, non-judgmental way for families with children and young people aged 0\u201319, and up to 25 for those with special educational needs and disabilities or care experienced, to access advice, support and activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Devon, we have moved away from relying only on buildings and instead focus on a community\u2011based approach. This means families can get support in places that work best for them, including Best Start Family Hub buildings, schools, libraries, GP surgeries and online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This flexible model helps us reach families across our market and coastal towns, and rural communities, reflecting Devon\u2019s geography and local needs and also strengthen and build community capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Best Start Family Hubs work closely with health, education, children\u2019s services and voluntary organisations to provide joined\u2011up support. We focus on early help by listening to families, identifying needs early, and working together to prevent problems from escalating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Families can contact us in different ways, including in person, online or through outreach in their community, ensuring support is accessible, inclusive and available when and where families need it most.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cell medium-4\">\r\n                    <aside class=\"sidebar\">\r\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"xoxo\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<\/aside>\r\n                <\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"section-bottom-arrow section-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"page-section clearfix text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-69c563a78ef41\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\"><div class=\"medium-12 large-12 cell\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n<section class=\"featured-boxes clearfix  \" id=\"block_acf-block-69c563a78ef69\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\"><div class=\"cell medium-8 medium-offset-2 text-center\"><h2>Best Start Family Hub locations in Devon<\/h2><p>There are five Best Start Family Hub locations across Devon where you can drop in for support, including three pilot sites offering support shaped around local families\u2019 needs.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\"><div class=\"cell large-10 large-offset-1 medium-12\"><ul class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x align-center boxes\"><li class=\"cell small-12 medium-6 large-4 item-0\"><h3><span class=\"box bg-blue\"><span>Bideford family hub (pilot site)<\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/li><li class=\"cell small-12 medium-6 large-4 item-1\"><h3><span class=\"box bg-pink\"><span>Exeter chestnut family hub (pilot site)<\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/li><li class=\"cell small-12 medium-6 large-4 item-2\"><h3><span class=\"box bg-light-blue\"><span>Newton Abbot family hub (pilot site)<\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/li><li class=\"cell small-12 medium-6 large-4 item-3\"><h3><span class=\"box bg-green\"><span>Ilfracombe family hub<\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/li><li class=\"cell small-12 medium-6 large-4 item-4\"><h3><span class=\"box bg-yellow\"><span>Totnes family hub<\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-dcc-secondary-button\"><a onclick=\"dataLayer.push({&apos;buttonEvent&apos;: &apos;Information page&apos;});\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/child-family-support\/family-support\/family-hubs\/family-hubs-best-start-in-life-plan\/support-and-services-from-best-start-devon-family-hubs\/\">See what&#8217;s on offer at our family hubs<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"section-bottom-arrow section-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1801,"featured_media":0,"parent":73717,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-landing.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-73736","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-12 10:41:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1801"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73736"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73788,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73736\/revisions\/73788"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}