Sure Start in the Park

Art in the Park was involved from an early stage with the government’s Sure Start programme which was established to tackle the causes of poor health in babies, breakdowns in family life, social exclusion and inadequate child care and pre-school provision. More about Sure Start and the history of this partnership.

As Sure Start developed and built its own dedicated centres, they also recruited in-house artists to continue with the creative work around learning and play. We now work with them from time to time at their centres running various workshops.

Our aim

The main theme and aim of Art in the Park's programme is to nurture creativity in families and pre-school groups and to encourage adults, babies and children to play together using the simplest of resources. More on our approach to Sure Start activities.

Recent activities

• Fun Day
• Shoe Box Homes

Sure Start Archive

• Sure Start 2002-2003 Photobook: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4

Year 2000

• Handmade Instruments activity
• Creation Stories
• Yvette Cooper and Margaret Hodge MP visit
• 'Circle of Life' Unveiling in 2000
• Aylesbury Postcard
• Exploring the Senses
• Growing photobook
• Autumn 2000 Photobook
• Millennium Babies

More content is on the way. It is currently being digitally archived and will be updated.