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Report RE: Sure Start - Targeted or Universal?
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RE: Sure Start - Targeted or Universal? - 28-06-09 16:11
by: iggyfishtank
I do not breleive they should be offered for all. The middle/upper clases have the money or skills to buy these services in. If the idea of sure start is to help those whocannot help themselves due to language barriers, poverty, exclusion, mental health issues, physical imparement. If we do have a labour government that (somewhere behind all the guff) beleives in re distibuting wealth and ensureing there is less difference between people then we need to ensure it is targeted at the areas of poverty etc.Otherwise the middle/upoper classes will just dominatethe services as they have the skills to approach profesionals and find out about any help/service they may need. The poor are poor becuase they dont have the skills to get on so need all the help they can get. Not meaning that in a cruel way having a go. its just the way I see it broadly. Of course there will be notable exceptions but boradly that is the case.
The problem with is is that is stigmatises the people they are meant to help. By the very nature of sticking a Children centre in an area means the area has been identified as having a need. Certain people will also be identified as having to get support which means a judgement has been made on them.
The conservative have put fwd the idea that all people will be given 3 (i think) visits by a health vistor. No stigma, everyone gets it so no problems, right? Wrong. They are going to scrap SS and other intervention which will leave the poorest and most vunerable people to struggle on apart from the 3 visits by a helaht visotor who will of course be able to give all the expert advice that a childrens centre would give 5 days a week.Its anonsense to please the rich that boradly make up their votes.