The Early Years Alliance (EYA) and A Better Start Southend were big winners on the evening, picking up the Early Years Award and Partnership Working Award for their joint work to transform early education in the deprived Essex coastal town.
A Better Start Southend is a partnership of statutory, community and voluntary organisations working to make Southend-on-Sea the best place to have a child and raise a family. The EYA has a central organising role in the partnership, and strategic partners include Southend-on-Sea City Council, two NHS foundation trusts, Essex Police, and the University of Essex.
The partnership won the Early Years Award for its Talking Transitions project which has improved children’s speech, language and communications skills so they start school better prepared to learn.
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