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Join the Better Place team for outdoor fun for families with children aged 0-3 at the natural play area at parks in the Better Start Bradford area.
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View eventBetter Start Bradford played a key role in strengthening the early years workforce from 2015-2025. Find out more...
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View eventBetter Start Bradford has concluded its ten year National Lottery-funded programme - leaving behind a powerful and lasting legacy for the district. Read more here.
View postFrom 2015 to 2025 we delivered over 20 evidence-led projects and services for expectant families and families with children aged 0-3 in Bowling and Barkerend, Bradford Moor and Little Horton. What did we find out?
View pageBetter Start Bradford strongly advocates for the integration of measures to address child poverty when developing local Best Start in Life implementation plans. Read more here.
View postWednesday 24th June 2026 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm –
Join the Better Place team for outdoor fun for families with children aged 0-3 at the natural play area at parks in the Better Start Bradford area.
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Join the Better Place team for outdoor fun for families with children aged 0-3 at the natural play area at parks in the Better Start Bradford area.
View eventCharlotte Woodhouse, early years facilitator at Better Start Bradford, shows how the partnership was able to provide bespoke training to support the needs of Level 2 and 3 students in local colleges.
View postA collection of articles written by subject matter experts across the length and breadth of the Better Start Bradford programme
View pageWe've poured our expertise into a range of toolkits and other resources for early years settings, anyone working or volunteering with families with young children, or anyone training the early years workforce.
View pageA practical workbook for Bradford T Level Early Years and Education students, to expand their knowledge and link theory to practice whilst out on placement
View pageA practical toolkit for voluntary and community organisations wishing to develop their work with dads and male carers, drawn from our 10 years of work in Bradford
View pageIn celebration and recognition of bringing Baby Week to Bradford and developing it over 8 fantastic years, we're sharing our journey, experiences and top tips for anyone who might be interested in taking on the challenge
View pageBradford’s green spaces and Family Hubs are set to come alive this autumn with the launch of the Holding Time Milk Line: a creative walking route combining podcasts, poetry, portraiture, and sculpture.
View postRichard Scholes provides an insightful overview of the implementation and impact of TPP’s SystmOne clinical software, while highlighting the challenges, successes, and transformative outcomes of using the software.
View postResidents at the Esholt caravan site are celebrating the arrival of new murals that have transformed the entrance into a vibrant, welcoming space, thanks to Better Place.
View postGo on a caring adventure with your little ones all year round - with 6 low-cost/no-cost activities to try out...
View pageBetter Start Bradford and Born in Bradford were proud to host a special two-day conference celebrating 10 years of partnership, community collaboration, and positive impact.
View postBetter Place and Better Start Bradford were invited to speak and run workshops at the Play Wales conference in Cardiff on Wednesday 15 October 2025 - and what a day it was!
View postFamilies and local organisations turned out in force to celebrate 10 years of Better Start Bradford at a special family fun day!
View postRachel Middleton looks at how Better Start Bradford is supporting University of Bradford midwifery students to embed key messages in prevention and early intervention
View postWe invited you to make time for self care from 14-20 November for Baby Week Bradford 2025! Find out more...
View pageReferences and links from Better Start Bradford's Project Impact Reports 2015 to 2025
View pageBetter Start Bradford's response to the Government releasing their ‘Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life ‘ strategy and their 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future
View postA stone ‘family’ sculpture was unveiled at Bowling Park on Wednesday 11 June 2025 to represent 40,000 plus people that have been supported by Better Start Bradford over the last ten years.
View postThroughout late summer, autumn and winter 2024, Better Place Bradford delivered Nurture Naturelets, thanks to funding of £47k from Natural England.
View postOver 200 families, with many young children dressed as ladybirds, bees, butterflies and mini beasts, attended Better Place's Lovely Bug Ball at Bowling Park on Sunday 16 March 2025.
View postOver 300 volunteers gave their time and skills to make a real, lasting difference to families in Bowling and Barkerend, Bradford Moor and Little Horton since the start of the Better Start Bradford programme.
View projectFunded through the Happy Early Years (HEY!) Fund, Sensory Art Adventures provided sessions using various art activities for families with 0-3s and expectant parents.
View projectGrandmother of 13, Shaheena received £2,500 to deliver a soft play group at Horton Park Primary School.
View projectToddle Ball received £1,705 to deliver fun and engaging football sessions for families with 0-3s.
View projectWhere the Wild Things Are received £2,499 to deliver a six-week stay and learn group offering families with 0-3s the opportunity to meet live animals up close.
View projectBetter Place successfully secured £656 to plant 15 trees at the toddler natural play areas at Bowling Park and Horton Park and at the Mayfield Centre Pocket Park.
View postWonder Tots received £2,500 to offer a stay and learn group to give young children a head start before joining nursery education in a fun, interactive and safe environment.
View projectImagination Tree received £2,232 to deliver fun and playful sessions with creative storytelling activities by exploring different stories and bringing them to life with interactive play.
View projectThe Happy Early Years (HEY!) Fund enabled parents and carers in the Better Start Bradford area to apply for up to £2,500 to develop ideas and initiatives for local families and their 0-3s.
View projectHappy Time received £2,346 to offer an educational outdoor group with various activities for parents and children including nature play, sensory play, messy play and much more.
View projectLittle Farmers received £2,204 to offer various activities for children and parents, centred around learning about farm animals. Activities included crafts, dancing, messy play, rhymes, singing, stories and much more.
View projectThornbury Tots received £2030 to offer various activities for children and parents, including soft play, sensory play, messy play, singing, dancing and exercise.
View projectExplore some of the best places to get free support across the Bradford district if you're expecting a baby or have young children.
View pageLittle Minds Matter is a specialised parent-infant relationship service working with infants, their families, and associated professional networks. It formed part of the Better Start Bradford programme from 2018 to 2024.
View projectBorn in Bradford’s Better Start (BiBBS) is a birth cohort study that aims to understand the effects of the early-life interventions led by Better Start Bradford on children’s health and development.
View projectESOL for Pregnancy was an embedded English course helping women develop their language skills. ESOL with Infants was a follow-on project helping parents and carers develop their language skills through sharing books.
View projectActing as a ‘professional friend’, volunteer doulas helped pregnant women and birthing people navigate their pregnancy journey and make positive choices as part of the Better Start Bradford programme from 2017 to 2024.
View projectFamily Nurse Partnership (FNP) is an evidence-based, preventative programme for first-time parents. It was delivered as part of the Better Start Bradford programme from 2016 to 2019.
View projectMECSH is a programme of regular home visits with the same Health Visitor. Originally developed in Australia, it was delivered as part of the Better Start Bradford programme from 2021 to 2023.
View projectThe Innovation Fund enabled organisations to pilot new, innovative approaches robustly over a period of a year, with potential for them to become a fully-fledged Better Start Bradford project.
View projectResilient Dads was a holistic personal development and parenting skills programme aiming to develop the skills and competence of dads/male carers to support the social, emotional, and cognitive development of their 0-3s.
View projectThe Play Gym and Hubert St. Kitchen provides a fun, free, creative play space for young children, and provides parents/carers the opportunity to access support, practical training and advice.
View projectThe HIDVA project identified victims at early stages of domestic abuse and intervenes to provide multiagency support, while upskilling practitioners on how to recognise and respond to domestic abuse.
View projectOlder Yet Wiser received funding to deliver a series of workshops for grandparents with child-caring responsibilities to help them contribute to their grandchildren’s social and emotional wellbeing.
View projectHorton Community Farm and Grow To School joined forces to create their Growing Together project to bring parents/carers and young children together to learn to grow, cook and eat their own produce.
View projectThe University of Leeds received funding to improve oral health for 0-3s to deliver their ‘Enhancing the HABIT’ oral health intervention with the area’s Health Visitors.
View projectThe Better Place project has transformed parks and green spaces for the benefit of families with play equipment and facilities specifically designed for 0-3s, right across the Better Start Bradford area.
View projectThe Breastfeeding Support Project helped families meet their breastfeeding goals through trained, employed peer supporters. It was delivered as part of the Better Start Bradford programme from 2018 to 2024.
View projectIncredible Years (Toddler Basic) is an established evidence-based parenting programme, promoting positive attachment. It was delivered as part of the Better Start Bradford programme from 2018 to 2024.
View projectHome-Start Better Start is a peer support intervention, providing emotional and practical support to families with 0-3 year olds, and ran as part of the Better Start Bradford programme from 2017 to 2024.
View projectHAPPY aimed to reduce childhood obesity risk by targeting an at-risk group - during and after pregnancy - by promoting healthy behaviours. It was part of the Better Start Bradford programme from 2018 to 2022.
View projectBaby Steps is a relationships-based perinatal parent education programme. It was delivered as part of the Better Start Bradford programme from 2018 to 2024.
View projectI CAN encompassed training sessions, guidance and support for childcare practitioners, designed to improve the language environment for young children attending early years settings.
View projectTalking Together was designed to improve the home learning environment for children aged 2 who are at risk of language development delay, and formed part of the Better Start Bradford programme from 2015 to 2024.
View projectHENRY’s Healthy Families programme guides groups of parents and carers towards healthier habits for the whole family and was part of the Better Start Bradford programme from 2016 to 2024.
View projectThe Forest School Play Project was an adventurous nature-based play programme that has brought an array of learning opportunities for young children, their families and the early years workforce
View projectCooking for a Better Start offered practical cooking sessions to parents/carers of children aged 0-3 years, to build knowledge and skills around cooking low-cost, healthy meals from scratch, and healthy eating
View projectThe Perinatal Support Service helped pregnant women and women with babies who were suffering/at risk from mild-moderate mental health issues, from 2015 to 2024.
View projectBetter Start Imagine gifted over 275,000 books to children aged 0-3 from 2016 to 2024, to promote and model the importance of sharing books with young children.
View projectOver 140 adults and children came together on Wednesday 5 February at the Life Centre in Bradford to celebrate the completion of their Happy Early Years (HEY!) Fund journey
View postOur Personalised Midwifery Project provided women and their families with personalised, continuous care before, during and after the birth of their baby. It ran from 2015 to 2024.
View projectHealth and early years professionals from across the Bradford district got together to discuss the value that play has on so many aspects of babies and children’s development, health, wellbeing and happiness.
View pageOver the past couple of months, the Better Place team have been taking local families with 0-3s outside of the Better Start Bradford area to inspire and stimulate their creativity and outdoor experiences.
View postOn 15 November 2024, Holding Time and Better Place Bradford unveiled the Holding Time Chair at a launch event in Bowling Park during Baby Week Bradford.
View postProject teams, current and former staff gathered at Bradford Cathedral to celebrate the programme's achievements on 10 October 2024
View postCharlotte Woodhouse, Early Years Facilitator, shares how Better Start Bradford worked with Bradford Museums and Galleries to develop their early years offer.
View postFrom 14-20 November 2024 we invited you all to make room for play during for Baby Week Bradford 2024!
View pageAdele Adams, Project Manager of the Better Place project, looks at how their outdoor play sessions helped a young local family.
View postOn Wednesday 19 June, Get Out More CIC and the Better Start Bradford team celebrated six years of the Forest School Play Project with an event (fittingly) outside in Bowling Park.
View postBetter Place have been successful in securing £500 from the Morley Glass GreenVision Fund towards their Nature Nurture project to work with local families to build habitat boxes to act as nature's stepping stones.
View postShummel Uddin, Community Engagement Manager, shares insights into our work with dads
View postMum of three-year-old twins, Ahwasia, found it quite daunting getting out and about, but thanks to the organised activities set up by Better Place, she decided to give it a go and never looked back!
View postTanya is one of our Home-Start Better Start volunteers. Here she shares how volunteering has increased her confidence and helped her with her own anxiety issues.
View postThe Neighbourhoods Project ran from 2019 to 2024 to optimise recruitment into Better Start Bradford projects from under-represented groups, and to ensure that the programme messages reached as many families as possible.
View projectOur Neighbourhood Workers have been at the heart of Better Start Bradford. Find out more about what they have achieved and what is next for the workers.
View postBaby Week Bradford began in 2018. Find out more about this annual celebration of babies and all those who care for them, and look back at previous years' activities and resources.
View pageA downloadable booklet for families, showing how everything they do together helps your baby’s brain develop. It’s never too early to start - from bump, to babies to toddlers...
View pageWe spent five minutes with Haleema Khathoon, Senior Community Engagement Lead for our Better Place project, who chatted to us all about the outdoor activities that they run for expectant parents and families with 0-3s.
View postMum of five, Francesca, tells us all about her training to become a Bradford Volunteer Doula, how she loved it so much and why she would willingly do it all over again
View postWe had a chat with Emma Rose, who delivers the ESOL for Pregnancy and ESOL with Infants courses in the Better Start Bradford area. We also chatted to two mums about the impact that Emma and ESOL has had on their lives.
View postSophie Eveleigh, Contract and Implementation Officer at Better Start Bradford, looks at how the organisation has improved midwifery support in parts of the city.
View postMum of two, Charlotte, tells us why she loves outdoor play and what value it has brought into hers and her daughters’ lives thanks to our Better Place project.
View post170 health and early years professionals from across the Bradford district gathered to explore why good nutrition is vital during pregnancy and the earliest years of life at 1001 Days of Nutrition 14.11.23
View pageGrandmother of nine, Shaheena Perveen, received funding from Better Start Bradford’s Happy Early Years (HEY!) Fund to set up her Tiny Toes Soft Play Sessions. In this blog she shares what inspired her to set them up.
View postAlison Brown, a Specialist Midwife at Better Start Bradford, and Rachel Duxbury, the Breastfeeding Support Project Manager, describe how a project to support women to breastfeed for longer came about.
View postEdwina Linton, Better Start Bradford’s MECSH project lead, who co-ordinated the development and introduction of the Australian MECSH model in Bradford, discusses the challenges and benefits of this programme for families
View postEight low-cost / no-cost activities for early years settings to use to help families start healthy habits early, from creating 'foody faces' to simple yoga poses.
View pageCalling humans of all ages....we started our mission to get Bradford wiggling for Baby Week Bradford 2023 and we're still going! Find out more...
View pageBetter Start Bradford are pleased to announce that a parenting programme that it funded and trialled is now being rolled out across the Bradford District by the Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust.
View postA small overgrown street corner, next to the West Bowling Advice Centre in BD5, has been transformed into a vibrant community garden thanks to the efforts of local organisations and the community.
View postTanya is one of our Home-Start Better Start volunteers. Here she shares how volunteering has increased her confidence and helped her with her own anxiety issues.
View postIn this blog post we learn more about the vital role of the (Born in Bradford's Better Start) BiBBS Community Research Assistant Team and their Perinatal Project Administrators, and what a typical day looks like for them
View postA downloadable booklet showing how getting outdoors has lots of benefits for families with young children. It's the perfect place to be physically active, ignite little imaginations, explore and learn.
View pageOur Dads Engagement Worker, Zafar Kayani, looks at how ‘cook and eat’ sessions have proved to be another effective vehicle for dads to learn new skills and bond with their young children.
View postDr Rachael Moss and Kathryn Willan from Born in Bradford, discuss a study on whether the midwife-led continuity of carer model improves birth outcomes and maternal mental health in vulnerable women
View postIn this interview, Rebecca Mcilvenny (Becky) from the Perinatal Support Service, shares the wonderful work of the service and how she called on it herself when her anxiety in pregnancy went into overload.
View postWe’re over the moon to welcome you to our new website! We invite you to have a look around…
View postLooking for a fun activity to do with your toddlers that combines getting outside, having fun and a twist of arty creativeness? Then look no further than our Better Place project's sculpture trail!
View postGrainne Slavin, Senior Communications Officer, shares learning from the highly successful Baby Week Bradford.
View postTanya is one of our Home-Start Better Start volunteers. Here she shares how volunteering has increased her confidence and helped her with her own anxiety issues.
View postFind out what happened during Baby Week Bradford 2023, when we focused on nutrition, exercise and physical health - and wiggled like our lives depended on it!
View pageOrganisations and community groups can apply for up to £500 to deliver outdoor projects for expectant parents and/or families with 0-3s at Better Place sites!
View pageDive into our Earliest Years of Life podcast - an uplifting and engaging series that looks at how formative babies’ earliest months and years are.
View pageRichard Scholes, SystmOne product specialist at Better Start Bradford looks at using data systems as a tool for partnership working.
View postGill Holden, Early Childhood Programme Lead at the National Children’s Bureau, reflects on five key messages presented at a unique event about speech and language development.
View postA highly practical booklet and wallchart to help early years settings develop their work around speech, language and communication
View pageBetter Start Bradford has launched its £120,000 Happy Early Years (HEY!) Fund, which gives parents and carers the chance to apply for funding to run initiatives for families with 0-3s in the Better Start Bradford area
View postA range of useful resources for anyone running community playgroups and activities
View pageBaby Week Bradford 2022 focused on speech, language and communication in the early years, with Bradford Babies TALKING!
View pageShafia became a Home-Start Better Start volunteer in 2019. Thanks to the range of skills that Shafia gained as a volunteer, she found that these were transferable to other roles and helped to secure her a teaching job.
View postBetter Start Bradford’s Dads’ Engagement worker shares how he has successfully engaged with dads with children in their early years by providing woodworking classes.
View postAmanda Hall, I CAN Training Co-ordinator, shares how the Early Talk project has equipped early years practitioners with the knowledge and strategies to support the development of speech, language and communication
View postNicola Hancock, Contract and Implementation Officer at Better Start Bradford, explains how we brought early years into the Bradford Literature Festival.
View postIf you love the outdoors, value local greenspaces and don't mind getting your hands dirty, this could be the role for you!
View pageThe Better Start Bradford team was thrilled to meet Dame Andrea Leadsom MP, the Government’s Early Years Advisor, and staff from the Start for Life unit within the Department of Health on Thursday 30 June 2022
View postThere's so much fun to be had in outside spaces of local community centres. Whether it is following a sensory foot trail, transporting sand or getting arty on blackboards and paving, there's something for every toddler.
View pageThe Little Free Libraries is an initiative that brings greater access to books for very young children. Find out where your nearest Little Free Library is.
View pageLocal families and their little ones are enjoying walking to Canterbury Nursery via Kettlewell Snicket. They are hopping over the alphabet stepping-stones, playing hopscotch and saying hello to the giant ladybird!
View pageNever has walking along a street been so much fun! Better Place have worked their magic on Folkestone Street - there's so much to see as you hop, skip and jump along the path, you will want to do it over and over again!
View pageBeech Grove Greenway is a stretch of green space providing a route to the city centre from Beech Grove Park. It is now more attractive, fun and safe for families with young children. Find out more here...
View pageThere's much fun to be had in Pocket Parks thanks to Better Place. Visit Attock Park to see if you can spot the sea creature sculptures or zoom down the Mayfield Centre slide before visiting the little free library.
View pageThere's so much to do at Myra Shay thanks to the Better Place team. Play hide and seek in the growing forest with your little ones. Roll down the mounds. See if you can name all of the different species of trees.
View pageThere's so much to do at Horton Park thanks to the Better Place team. Whizz around the sculptures and across the bridge on your trike. See what you can build in the sandpit.
View pageThere's so much to do at Bowling Park thanks to the Better Place team. Whizz around the wheelie track on your trike. Play hide and seek in the sand pit huts. See which creatures you can spot in The Roughs.
View pageAre you ready to have an adventure in the natural play area? Or you can whoosh down the slide into the pond with shining mosaic fish and run around the giant duck, badger and mole before hiding in the wiggly worm!
View pageTanya is one of our Home-Start Better Start volunteers. Here she shares how volunteering has increased her confidence and helped her with her own anxiety issues.
View postThis story is about one of our volunteers, Ludmila, no longer a volunteer and now one of our Neighbourhood Workers!
View postWhen volunteer Community Board Member, Salma, suggested creating wellbeing packs for parents at one of our Board meetings, we agreed that this would be a brilliant idea, so we made it happen!
View postThe Better Place project has transformed parks and greenspaces across Bowling and Barkerend, Bradford Moor and Little Horton for you to explore with your little ones. Where will your next adventure be?
View projectWe are proud to have served the communities of Bowling and Barkerend, Bradford Moor and Little Horton, AKA 'the Better Start Bradford area', from 2015-2025
View pageBetter Start Bradford was an evidence-led programme from the start, developed according to research into 'what works' when supporting expectant families and families with children aged 0-3.
View pageFind out about our Partnership Board and why our governance structure was so innovative.
View pageA series of videos made by parents for parents, developed by our Little Minds Matter project. See how parents and carers can share precious little moments which will help their little ones' brains grow and develop.
View pageA toolkit for anyone working in community settings, particularly those wanting to involve community members in decision making
View pageA series of animated videos featuring everyday Big Little Moments you can share with your babies and toddlers to build their brains. The little moments you share every day make a big difference.
View pageBetter Start Brushing helped improve the oral health of 0-3s in the Better Start Bradford area. Find out more...
View pageFind out one of the ways we've been developing Bradford's future maternity and early years workforce
View postIn this blog post, Charlie Gray from Growing Together shares how the pandemic helped their project grow in a new direction.
View postDip into our library of research and evaluation reports, articles, family and early years resources, videos, podcast episodes and more!
View pageKerry Bennett, Integration and Change Manager, and Student Coordinator at Better Start Bradford talks to two recent student placements, Irsa and Zahra,
View postOur ESOL for Pregnancy project, delivered by Shipley College, thrived as an online course during the pandemic, with students feeling more able to attend sessions from their homes.
View postFrom 2015 to 2025 we delivered over 20 evidence-led projects and services for expectant families and families with children aged 0-3 in Bowling and Barkerend, Bradford Moor and Little Horton. What did we find out?
View pageWhether you’re expecting a baby, have children aged 0-3 or work or volunteer in health, maternity or early years, we've got an event or training session for you.
View pageA collection of news and impact stories that help tell the story of the Better Start Bradford programme 2015-2025.
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View postAnnabel Mason, Senior Project Officer for Better Start Bradford’s Better Place programme, shares the extensive work that the team have been doing in the community to improve air quality.
View postThe Little Free Libraries is an initiative that brings greater access to books for very young children. Read how Better Place and Better Start Imagine are working together to install 8 Little Free Libraries in our area.
View postMyra Shay recreation ground will soon be humming to the sounds of active children and families, and wildlife, thanks to a project delivered in collaboration with Better Place and Bradford Volunteer Doulas.
View postIf it's cold outside, it can be tempting to keep your little ones warm indoors. But there are still many ways you and your young children can continue to enjoy the outdoors whatever the weather!
View postMum of two young children, Mariyam, completed HENRY’s online Cooking For A Better Start course and told us the sessions changed her life.
View postDr Hannah Swan, Clinical Lead at Little Minds Matter, and Gill Thornton at Better Start Bradford, introduce a campaign promoting the vital everyday interactions between parent and child.
View postMoments that Matter Bradford captures those little moments of interaction and contact between parents/carers and their babies and how these positively impact on the development of a baby’s brain.
View postWhen Saiqa, 38, joined a Better Start Bradford walking group in 2018, little did she know that a few years down the line she would be a Better Start Bradford Community Champion.
View postWe chatted to our Volunteer Co-ordinator, Emma Goff, to find out more about what inspires her to do her role at Better Start Bradford and why she believes in the power of volunteering.
View postWomenZone is delighted to announce the opening of their new play gym and healthy café from Monday 17 May 2021, thanks to funding of £99,600 through Better Start Bradford’s Innovation Fund.
View postZara, a mum of four children in Bradford, describes her experience of stepping out of her comfort zone to provide peer support to other families in her area.
View postPartners came together on 16 March 2021 to launch the new Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Trauma and Resilience Strategy for the Bradford district.
View postThanks to our Better Place project the Neighbourhood Resource Centre on Ventnor Street now has a new beautiful outdoor play and garden space for the whole community to enjoy.
View postBetter Start Bradford is supporting the implementation of the Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home Visiting (MECSH) programme with health visitors from Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT).
View postDr. Amrit Bhatti, a Research Assistant, School of Dentistry, University of Leeds, shares how the team have been consulting with local families through WhatsApp to shape their oral health materials for Health Visitors
View postThe Better Start Bradford Communications and Marketing Team is celebrating (albeit remotely) after winning Nursery World’s Online and Social Media award. They were awarded it at the online ceremony in February 2020.
View postThe idea that prevention is better than cure is not new, but when thinking about the complexities of child development and mental health, how can we truly be preventative?
View postOur Better Place project shares the five steps the team worked through with local communities to co-design and refresh urban green spaces all across the Better Start Bradford area.
View postPhoebe took the time to talk to us about how she felt her Home-Start volunteer has helped her during the COVID-19 pandemic.
View postCharlie Gray from Horton Community Farm, and Ama Chaney from Grow To School, show how community growing projects can bloom despite social restrictions.
View post24-year-old Sherish was concerned about her two-year-old daughter's speech and language, but quickly grew in confidence after the first few Talking Together sessions
View postDr Liz Pal reflects on her time at Better Start Bradford as part of Health Education England’s Future Leaders programme
View postBradford Doulas offer practical and emotional support to pregnant mums six weeks before birth, during labour and six weeks after birth, through trained volunteers.
View postSamina felt completely overwhelmed when pregnant with her third child, while trying to cope with the demands of her two younger daughters. Thanks to attending HAPPY, she is in a happier place.
View postNisa, 28, is mum to three children under the age of five. When her youngest son was born, she simply felt like she couldn’t face the world each day until support came in the form of the Perinatal Support Service.
View postMum of five, Sara, thought everything was okay with her youngest son's language development until she completed a routine questionnaire as part of the Talking Together assessment for two-year olds.
View postThe University of Leeds has been funded to improve oral health for 0-3s by delivering their 'Enhancing the HABIT' project in the Better Start Bradford area
View postHow Marcia, one of our Perinatal Support Service volunteers, supported a mum during lockdown.
View postHow Home-Start Better-Start helped mum of two Phoebe*
View postJane Ellis, Assistant Psychologist with Little Minds Matter at Better Start Bradford, describes how the advice of mums was key to shaping well-being support for other pregnant women and mothers of very young children.
View postFour groups across the Better Start Bradford area are celebrating after receiving a share of £314,500 through Better Start Bradford’s Innovation Fund.
View postOutdoor play has many positive benefits young children's development. In this blog post, we hear from Jenn and Tansy who have both just completed Level Three Forest School Practitioner Training.
View postSystmOne Product Specialist, Richard Scholes, explores of the use of SystmOne as a data collection and reporting tool for a number of Better Start Bradford projects.
View postHow our Incredible Years project helped mum, Jannat, and her adopted baby daughter.
View postWhen 35-year-old Aisha* gave birth to her second child, she felt that the world was completely against her, he felt very alone until support came in the form of Home-Start Better Start volunteer Tanya Marshall.
View postHow Better Start Bradford is leading the way in developing a continuity of carer model in Bradford.
View postWe were thrilled to showcase our work with families when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited Bradford on Wednesday 15 January 2020
View postFind out why local mum, Salma, wanted to join the Better Start Bradford Partnership Board and give her insight as to what life's really like with young children in the Better Start Bradford area.
View postCooking for a Better Start is for all parents and carers in the Better Start Bradford area who want to learn how to cook low-cost, healthy meals for their family.
View postOne local Bradford mum had to have the support of four volunteer doulas when she gave birth!
View postHow HENRY’s eight week course helped Tasmida’s son who was not eating solids and did not want to eat.
View postWhen Reena found out she was pregnant, she was devastated. She simply did not want to be pregnant. The baby’s father didn’t want to know and she had no-one else to support her.
View postWhen mum of three, Donah, spotted an advert for a volunteer doula with the Bradford Doulas, she jumped at the chance. Having had a difficult experience with the birth of her first child she wanted to help other women.
View postWe were thrilled when we learned that two of our projects have been working together and supporting an isolated single mum through her birth journey, creating a continuity of carer that she had not had previously.
View postWhen busy mum, Huma, came across the Incredible Years course, she thought it would be the ideal opportunity to give her a better understanding of how to bond with her children.
View postRead about Zara'a experience of our Cooking for A Better Start course and how she is actually eating more now - but the right things!
View postBetter Start Bradford and Better Place announce their first capital project - a brand new naturalistic sand play zone at Newby Primary School.
View postOne of our Community Champions, Sundas Mughal, shares her volunteering champion journey with us.
View postBetter Start Bradford's Innovation Fund set to improve the lives of children in the Better Start Bradford area
View postMeet Vipin Joshi who shares why BD5 is the greatest place to be and why he wanted to be Better Start Bradford’s Chair
View postThis new project will be delivered by Health for All and offers practical and emotional support for families with a baby up to 6 months old, who are breastfeeding or mixed feeding.
View postWhen Jodie's baby, Ethan, was born with medical issues, Jodie could feel that she was struggling. Once she found the support of the service, she soon got back to feeling her normal self.
View postWith children’s language development being key to their personal and educational development, Better Start Bradford is set to increase current low attainment rates with their latest project I CAN Early Talk.
View postDr Gemma Dyble, Clinical Lead & Clinical Psychologist with our latest project: Little Minds Matter, explains why parents in Better Start Bradford are being encouraged to consider their babies’ mental health.
View postA new project, Little Minds Matter: Bradford Infant Mental Health service launches in Infant Mental Health Awareness week, which helps strengthen the relationship between babies and their parents.
View postIn this blog post Daria shares why the support of the Perinatal Support Service has been so valuable.
View postAction for Children and Better Start Bradford launch ‘Baby Steps’ - a new group based educational programme designed to support expectant parents.
View postLeading UK children’s charity Barnardos and Better Start Bradford are launching a new project for pregnant women called HAPPY.
View postBetter Start Bradford has awarded a £518,000 contract for its Better Place project to Groundwork
View postAlice Wilkinson has been announced winner of the early years category at Bradford’s Community Stars Awards 2017.
View postOver 1,000 babies are now receiving a free book every month as part of Better Start Bradford’s free book giving project, Better Start Imagine. In this post, two parents - Noshi and Darryl - share how Better Start Imagine
View postIn this blog Professor Fraser Brown expands on the concept of ‘transitional objects’ and a child’s emotional attachment to their favourite toy.
View postBetter Start Bradford is launching its Bradford Doulas project, which offers practical and emotional support to expectant families six weeks before the birth, during labour and six weeks after the birth.
View postOne mum shares her experiences of signing her baby son up to the book-gifting scheme.
View postAt 7 weeks' pregnant, Mrs Bashir attended her first Personalised Midwifery Team appointment. She expected it to be a rushed, form filling, non-personal experience, but couldn't have been more wrong.
View postSteph has been a midwife for the last 4 years and has worked with our Personalised Midwifery Care Pilot for the past year. She took some time out of her busy schedule to share with us one of her typical working week.
View postBetter Start Bradford has launched a £295,000 activity fund, which gives parent-led groups the chance to apply for funding to run activities for families in the Better Start Bradford area
View postLord Mayor officially launched Better Start Imagine at Bolling Hall Museum and Library
View postA project to help pregnant women develop their English language skills is being launched in the Better Start Bradford area of Little Horton, Bowling & Barkerend and Bradford Moor.
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