Nursery World - Multi-agency services come under scrutiny

* Ways to develop a multi-agency childcare network were examined by service providers at a conference in London last week. The conference, 'Coram Community Campus: A joined-up service for young children and families', considered the importance of supporting families via open-access, mainstream services. The Coram Community Campus was given as an innovative model in which agencies work in partnership on one site to offer a range of family support for the local community, including a homeless families centre, adoption service, parents centre and various nurseries.

The conference, 'Coram Community Campus: A joined-up service for young children and families', considered the importance of supporting families via open-access, mainstream services. The Coram Community Campus was given as an innovative model in which agencies work in partnership on one site to offer a range of family support for the local community, including a homeless families centre, adoption service, parents centre and various nurseries.

The campus has been the subject of a research project funded by a grant from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Dr Valerie Wigfall and Professor Peter Moss from the Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education, presented their findings at the conference.

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