PROJECT
Let's Talk
PURPOSE
To improve the communication and language development of very young children and reduce referrals to the statutory speech and language therapy service
FUNDING
A Better Start Southend (ABSS) is part of the 10-year National Lottery-funded A Better Start programme set up by the Big Lottery Fund. In Southend, the programme is funded to the tune of £40m. Let's Talk has a £1.1m budget allocation, including staffing costs, from summer 2016 to summer 2019
BACKGROUND
A Better Start Southend is one of five such programmes set up by the Big Lottery Fund, and shares expertise and experience with the other four Better Start projects in Blackpool, Bradford, Nottingham and Lambeth.
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