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Working with local parents in five areas of England and grounded in scientific evidence and research, the A Better Start partnerships developed and tested ways to improve their children’s diet and nutrition, social and emotional development and speech, language, and communication.
A Better Start was place-based and aimed to improve the way that organisations work together and with families, to shift attitudes and spending towards preventing problems that can start in early life.
The impact of these systems changes is being monitored and assessed by the A Better Start national evaluation team, which includes NCB family member Research in Practice and is led by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen).
To improve systems change, NCB specialises in applying an evidence-based approach to influencing policy at the highest level. We are sharing important insights and making policy recommendations from the A Better Start programme with policymakers and parliamentarians to inform present and future government priorities for early years.
