The charities, including the National Children's Bureau, NSPCC and Pre-school Learning Alliance, have been awarded up to £50m each to devise a long-term plan for supporting parents with children from pregnancy to three years old.
The funding is part of the Lottery’s A Better Start initiative and will be used to fund projects in Blackpool, Bradford, Lambeth, Nottingham and Southend, the details of which are below.
The aim is to improve the health, social and education outcomes of more than 60,000 vulnerable under-threes over the next 10 years.
The areas were selected from a group of 15, which were last year awarded £5m each to lay the foundations of similar projects.
Announcing the funding, Dharmendra Kanani, director of the Big Lottery Fund, said: “Parents want the best for their children and as a society we know that what happens in the first three years of life profoundly affects a child’s future life chances.
“A poor start in life can affect your health, wellbeing, outlook on life and how you form relationships.
“Prevention matters more in the early years as we have a much greater understanding of what can and might improve the life chances of a future generation.”
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