Funded with £215mn by The National Lottery Community Fund, A Better Start (ABS) has supported five partnerships in Blackpool, Bradford, Lambeth, Nottingham, and Southend to develop and test ways to improve their children's diet and nutrition, social and emotional development, and speech, language, and communication.
Over the past decade, the programme has worked with more than 140,000 babies, young children, pregnant mothers, and parents and carers in disadvantaged areas and delivered more than 170 services, taking a “test and learn” approach to getting the service design right and involving parents in every aspect of development.
While three of the sites – in Southend, Lambeth and Nottingham – are winding down, with some aspects of their work being handed on to local partners, operations in Blackpool and Bradford are going to continue for an extended period.
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