Bright Start

Diverse family

Getting a good start in life is critical to future life outcomes. The aim of Bright Start is to support families to give their young children the best start in life.

Bright Start is a consortium of services to support under-fives and their families right across Islington’s children’s centres, nurseries, health centres, community centres and libraries.

Through its services, Bright Start builds resilience and reduce stressors for all expectant parents and families with young children. Services and activities include:

  • child health clinics
  • health visiting
  • parenting programmes
  • speech and language therapy
  • breastfeeding support and infant feeding advice
  • benefits advice and help with finding work

Contact us

Refer a resident or access support. 

Telephone: 020 7527 5959

More about Bright Start

Success story

Bright Start helped Ahmed, Nala and their children with additional educational support and better housing.

Ahmed and Nala’s story