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In an article featured in Children & Young People Now, Debra Davies, our Early Years Development Manager, shares how partners across Blackpool are working together to make school readiness everybody's responsibility. Getting a child ready for school isn't something parent should feel they have to do alone. It takes a whole system from schools, early

Director, Clare Law was in Parliament in June with Tom Collins MP and Jess Phillips MP discussing the NSPCC's excellent new report, It Takes a Place, written by Alexandra Galvin The report explores the vital role of multi-agency safeguarding through Family Hubs and the unique opportunity they present. What struck Clare most was the honesty

During Infant Mental Health Awareness Week this year we launched the next iteration of our Better Start Think Baby Toolkit which was shaped with practitioners who kindly shared there insights and expertise on how we can better notice, respond, capture and act on the voices of babies. In June, we had the absolute joy to

As areas begin shaping their neighbourhood health plans, there’s real value in sharing what’s already working elsewhere. And sometimes it's the simple stuff that can make the biggest difference...

Building on our Better Start Ready Steady School approach, this collaboration will focus on identifying local priorities and how the model can be adapted and implemented across the Pembrokeshire.

Health visitors are a cornerstone of the early years system – often the only universal service with a window into family wellbeing, parental mental health, parent-infant relationships and early child development.


In a session focusing on professional practice, Better Start presented 'Building Systems for Communication Success: Health Visiting and the Super Six' exploring how we are embedding clear Speech, Language and Communication messaging for parents alongside the Health Visiting pathway.

The Better Start Engine Room has existed in Blackpool for over a decade, actively driving innovation, delivery and the system change needed to transform outcomes. It has brought together insight, evidence and lived experience to fuel strategic direction, mobilise resources and maintain momentum.

Babies have much to tell us—if we slow down, notice, and hold space to listen. The Think Baby project seeks to honour that perspective.

Not just celebrating achievements - though there is so much to be proud of - but holding a shared belief that we can build something different. Something that enables children to thrive from the very beginning.