Agencies deliver evidence-based interventions to give young children in Southend the best start to life, as part of the 10-year A Better Start programme
Regular evaluation of the health, education and wellbeing services being provided means interventions are being continually refined
Evaluation shows the gap in disadvantaged children's development has largely disappeared in areas receiving support
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A Better Start Southend (ABSS), a partnership of statutory, community and voluntary organisations, works with local parents to develop – and continually evaluate – approaches to improve outcomes for pregnant women and children under four.
Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund for a 10-year period from 2015-25, Southend was one of five areas chosen across the UK to roll out the programme that delivers initiatives covering health, education and wellbeing issues.
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