Coventry's multi-agency approach
Bold Start, Bright Futures: a coalition for Coventry’s Best Start in Life (2026 to 2029)
Bold Start, Bright Futures sets out Coventry’s shared vision, priorities and commitments for supporting every child from conception to age 5. It unites the early childhood system behind one purpose: ensuring every child grows up healthy, safe, nurtured and ready to learn, with strong foundations for a bright future.
Coventry’s ambition is built on a simple truth: no single service can improve early childhood outcomes alone. Children thrive when support is joined up, relationships are strong and families experience a seamless system around them. This Strategy strengthens that approach, bringing together health, education, early years providers, social care, family hubs and the voluntary, faith and community sector into a single, coordinated partnership.
The council’s role as a system leader underpins this collaboration, enabling aligned priorities, shared professional development, and collective accountability.
Bold Start, Bright Futures draws together the contributions of Health, Local Authority and VCFS partners into an integrated model of early childhood support, aligned to wider ambitions such as the One Coventry Council Plan 2021 to 2030 which aims to:
- improve outcomes in communication, learning, health, and wellbeing
- reduce inequalities across communities and population groups
- strengthen long term life chances by acting early and effectively
A coordinated citywide offer of universal, targeted and specialist support is fundamental to this. Strong relational approaches, responsive caregiving and accessible services are the foundations of healthier communities and a more prosperous future for Coventry.
This strategy compliments the principles of the Child Friendly Cov initiative, launched in 2024. Through this initiative, Coventry is being shaped into a city where children and young people are valued, supported and enabled to achieve their potential. Working together with local children and young people, a set of key pledges have been made which are supported by all services, agencies, and businesses in Coventry. More information about the campaign can be found at Child Friendly Cov.
We believe children and young people in Coventry should always:
- be and feel valued
- be and feel safe
- have opportunities
- be and feel healthy
- be and feel loved