Tell us: how did Sure Start help you or your child?

We would like to hear from people – or parents of people – who were helped by the scheme. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Gordon Brown and other veterans of the last Labour government have called upon Keir Starmer to include a new Sure Start-style programme in his election manifesto after a study showed its benefits to children from low-income backgrounds.

Sure Start was first announced in 1998 and saw the development of hundreds children’s centres across the UK.