The new national campaign, which will start early next year, has been designed to link isolated groups with nurseries and develop kindness skills in children.
It will be provided in a structured and supervised way and may also see children spend time with families living in poverty, LEYF said.
The scheme comes amid calls from LEYF for the sector to “build stronger learning and mixing opportunities for children whilst championing community solidarity”.
This initiative follows a recent LEYF Margaret Horn debate, chaired by the first children’s commissioner for England, Sir Al Aynsley-Green, along with guests from across the sector.
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