Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. List of tables and figures v
4. Foreword vii
5. List of abbreviations xiii
6. Notes on contributors xiv
7. The historical and policy context
8. The policy background to Sure Start 3
9. The local context of Sure Start Local Programmes
10. Targeting deprived areas: the nature of the Sure Start Local Programme neighbourhoods 25
11. The challenge of profiling communities 45
12. The implementation of Sure Start Local Programmes
13. The methodologies for the evaluation of complex interventions: an ongoing debate 65
14. Sure Start Local Programmes: an overview of the implementation task 79
15. Living with Sure Start: human experience of an early intervention programme 97
16. The costs and benefits of Sure Start Local Programmes 113
17. The impact of Sure Start Local Programmes
18. Impact of Sure Start Local Programmes on children and families 133
19. Variation in Sure Start Local Programmes: consequences for children and families 155
20. How Sure Start Local Programme areas changed 173
21. Conclusion
22. Sure Start Local Programmes: an outsider’s perspective 197
23. Index 211