Integrating health visiting and midwifery services

We brought together antenatal health professionals to identify a clear process for choosing eligible families for maternity support and to streamline their ways of working.

Using Stockport’s early years data to assess how likely a child is to meet age-related expectations

We analysed the effect of different characteristics on whether children perform as expected in early language and communication assessments.

Fostering parental engagement with early child development

We explored creative, experiential solutions to enhance engagement with parenting support, aiming to learn about how we could best drive and sustain motivation in parents.

Understanding decision-making gaps in the early years

We conducted research to optimise our data tool and support more data-driven decision-making for early-years practitioners.

Mapping speech, language and communication outcomes

We developing a linked dataset across health, education and other local authority-held data to target early-years support for disadvantaged children.

Enhancing parent-child interactions

We collaborated with City of York Council to understand more about how parents like to access support, working closely with them to learn how we could motivate and enable higher-quality playful interactions with their children.

Using data to understand and improve book borrowing for children in Leeds

We analysed library data to explore geographic and demographic differences in children's book borrowing and its correlation with NHS speech and language service referrals.

Supporting fun interactions between children and their caregivers

We launched a series of vibrant play installations to support early speech and language development through creativity and play, encouraging moments of connection between young children and caregivers.