Nursery World - Call to make the youngest a priority in Government response to Covid-19

More than 70 children’s and mental health charities and organisations have written to the prime minister calling for the Government to invest in the well-being of babies and toddlers in Covid-19 recovery plans.

The signatories to the letter are part of the First 1001 Days Movement, a newly launched alliance of organisations spanning the children, family, mental health, maternity and baby sectors.

The movement will support and challenge national and local decision makers to value and invest in babies’ emotional well-being and development.

Evidence shows that the first 1001 days, from pregnancy until a child’s second birthday, are a significant and influential phase in development that lays the foundation for every child’s future health and happiness, the organisations said.

The 76 signatories to the letter to Boris Johnson are asking the prime minister to champion a cross-government strategy for improving outcomes for all children. This should set out a vision for how families will be supported to recover from the impact of Covid-19 and how the Government will begin to ‘level up’ and close gaps in outcomes that have widened during the pandemic.

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