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How organisations across the country have been maintaining A Better Start during the pandemic. By Frances Lyons, assistant director at the National Children’s Bureau

A Healthy Living Platform ‘Cook and Eat’ session in Lambeth

The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic coincided with the fifth birthday of the A Better Start early years programme. A Better Start is a ten-year funded programme set up by The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK. The programme funds local partnerships in five areas of the country to test new ways of strengthening support services to families in order to give their babies and very young children the best possible start in life.

With the spread of Covid, the partnerships have been working hard to understand the changing needs of local families and respond effectively. As well as reacting quickly to emerging needs, the partnerships have taken care to base their responses on sound evidence of need in each area at this time.

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