Welcome to North Banbury
SureStart Children’s Centre

SureStart is a government funded initiative that has been established to work within the local communities, supporting local families to promote the physical, intellectual and social development of young children under 5. The aim is to give children the best possible start in life, to maximise and enhance local opportunities, enabling children to realise their potential, flourish at home and when they get to school.

North Banbury Children’s Centre is a warm and welcoming centre which aims to provide information and offers access to services for families with young children aged 0-5 years in the local community. We offer a range of family support and home-visiting, health services, group work and community education opportunities.

We strive to continually develop what we do and how we work to improve outcomes for children and families and to meet the changing needs of the local community.

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Staff list:

Name: Del Conroy-Smith
Job Title: Centre Head
My responsibilities at NBCC include leading and developing a team of staff in developing a range of integrated services, I liaise with outside agencies and support staff in their roles. I am responsible for the implementation of all policies and risk assessments which are crucial to our service. I initiate the Centre’s development plan to ensure we continually develop to meet the changing needs of the local community and take into account the views of both the users of the centres and professionals involved with the centre when doing so. I am also responsible for insuring we access funding to allow the Centre to grow and develop. The many aspects of my job ensure that the centre runs smoothly each day.

Name: Steph Lambert
Job Title: Deputy Centre Head
I’m Steph and I’m Deputy Centre Head. My job involves lots of work with parents, carers and children at our drop-in family sessions. I also have some responsibility for the housekeeping aspects of the centre and deputise for the manager in her absence.

Name: Donna-Marie Grindlay
Job Title: Children’s Centre Worker
My job at NBCC involves running First Steps, Baby music and movement and Fun Time. I also help support crèche facilities when needed. I attend various training courses and am hoping to start to run parent/adult courses in the future.

Name: Jayne Wilkinson
Job Title: Children’s Centre Worker/Outreach Worker
Job Involves: My role involves running a Baby Group for parents with Babies from birth to a year. It is a very relaxed and friendly group, we have a Health Visitor who comes along to the group every week so you can get your baby weighed and have a chat about any concerns or queries you may have.
I also do Outreach where I work with families who need a little extra support, I visit these families at least every month and try to support them in whatever way they need, we also offer a crèche once a week to support these families.

Name: Mel Heap
Job Title: Family Worker
My name is Mel and I run the Saturday Morning Family Time Group at The Cabin, every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month. My job involves welcoming parents, carers and their children to these friendly sessions. We offer plenty of play, art & craft activities, refreshments and snacks. We also provide the opportunity to meet other adults and children in the community.

Name: Naseem Hussain
Job Title: Outreach/Crèche Worker
As part of my job at NBCC I help run the Ruscote Drop-in Group, I also work in the crèche to help support the ESOL classes and do outreach work with Asian families.

Name: Shahnaz Akhtar
Job Title: Family Worker/Crèche Worker
My name is Shahnaz. I work as a crèche worker and as a family worker at the Hanwell Fields Family Session. I find the work I do within the centre rewarding, helping families and offering support and services. The centre allows people from different cultures and backgrounds to access information within a caring and helpful environment.

Name: Jackie Dudley
Job Title: Administrator
I work in the office at the centre, offering admin support to all the staff and a welcoming face to all the centre users. My job is very varied; I am involved in all the day to day tasks of running the centre as well as lots of other things like organising trips and producing course literature.