Why Home-Start is Important

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Why Home-Start is Important in Hastings and Rother

The 2007 Indices of Deprivation, published as a followup to the 2004 Indices by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) highlighted key findings:

Nearly 80% of areas within East Sussex have a worse ranking for multiple deprivation in 2007, than in 2004.
15 out of 327 areas are in the 10% most deprived areas in the England, an increase of 2 since 2004. Of these 15, 14 are in Hastings.
Nearly 67,000 of the county’s residents are ‘income deprived’ while just under 25,000 experience ‘employment deprivation’.
Of all the counties in England, East Sussex has experienced the greatest fall in its ranking.

Specifically to Hastings and Rother:

Hastings remains the most deprived local authority area in the region.
Hastings districts that are in the most deprived 10% nationally are most concentrated in Central St. Leonards, Castle and Gensing, but also affect 5 other wards in the borough.
The most deprived district in the county is in Baird ward.
30% of children in Hastings live in low-income households, although this has actually decreased since 2004.
Eight of the 10 districts with the highest levels of child poverty in East Sussex are in Hastings (in Baird, Tressell, Central St. Leonards, Gensing, Hollington and Ore); the other 2 are both in Sidley ward in Bexhill.

Home-Start has a real part to play supporting people through the effects of these statistics to ensure local parents can build better lives for their children.