ABS: Scoping a joint campaign to promote early social, emotional and language development

‘A Better Start’ (ABS) is a major strategic programme focused on developing and testing new approaches to improve early child development. Following a competitive application process, five local partnerships - Blackpool, Bradford, Lambeth, Nottingham and Southend - were awarded funding in summer 2014 to begin implementation of their ten-year local programmes and strategies. The local partnerships are already well underway with work to redesign local support pathways and implement portfolios of direct evidence a...