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New £3.3m fund to support babies from BAME and disadvantaged backgrounds

1 min read Early Years
A new round of funding to support projects working with mothers and babies from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds and those from disadvantaged communities has been announced by government.
The fund will support projects working with babies from BAME backgrounds. PIcture: Adobe Stock
The fund will support projects working with babies from BAME backgrounds. PIcture: Adobe Stock

Applications are now open for a share of the £3.3m health and wellbeing fund to support community projects in England aimed at tackling obesity, reducing smoking and improving learning among mothers and young babies aged up to two-and-a-half

The fund aims to tackle key public health issues like obesity that disproportionately affects people and children from an economically deprived area. 

It will pay for 3-year projects run by voluntary and community social enterprises (VCSE’s) in a bid to help level-up deprived communities.

The fund is open to applications from charity run projects aimed at:

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