Better Health Start for Life ‘Little Moments Together’ Campaign

The campaign runs until 18th March 2024 , so partners can still get involved and promote the home Learning Environment in their area.

A range of downloadable resources are available on the Campaign Resource Centre which you can now access, including:

• Partner Activation Pack with campaign overview, key messages, tips and support for partners when delivering interventions and links to supporting tools and resources.
• Social Media Toolkit with post copy and content calendar.
• Posters, including ready to use, localisable versions and empty belly for partners to add local service information.
• Digital screens for use on TV screens and other digital displays in locations such as GP surgeries, Family Hubs, outdoor settings etc.
• Web banners to use across owned digital channels.

Resources with a specific Family Hub call to action for the 75 commissioned areas are also available.
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Video resources, currently used on the Start for Life website, to demonstrate how parents can aid speech and communication development of their children through daily have activities have now been published on YouTube for partners to easily access and integrate within their own activity. Please find the video playlist for children ranging between the ages 0-5 here.

In March the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), in partnership with the Department for Education (DfE), will be launching the Start for Life ‘If They Could Tell You’ campaign, promoting the importance and benefits of strong parent infant relationships. Partners will be able to support the campaign with a range of resources available from mid-March, including posters, digital screens, web banners and a social media toolkit. More details will follow soon, please make sure you’re subscribed to the Campaign Resource Centre to receive regular updates about this campaign and more.

Eligible working parents in England with a child who turns two before or on 31st March can now apply for 15 hours childcare on gov.uk to start a place in April.

From September 2024, 15 hours childcare will be expanded to eligible working parents in England with children between 9 and 23 months old. From September 2025, eligible working parents in England with children between 9 months up to school age will have access to 30 hours childcare.

Health and care practitioners can encourage their service users to visit the Childcare Choices website to learn more: Childcare Choices | 30 Hours Free Childcare, Tax-Free Childcare and More | Help with Costs | GOV.UK