Barnardo's, the charity behind the report, wants local and central Government to work with children’s centres to implement birth registration in children’s centres over the next five years.
It believes that using children’s centres for mandatory birth registrations would provide an opportunity for professionals to connect with and identify what support vulnerable families need early on.
The children's charity also says that such a service would help centres to attract these families and make life easier for them.
The recommendation is outlined in Barnardo’s’ new report, ‘Fulfilling their potential: the win win case for birth registrations in children’s centres’.
It follows an announcement by childcare minister Sam Gyimah that the Government is to launch a consultation on the future of children’s centres this autumn.
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