WINNER

Small Steps Big Changes

Small Steps Big Changes’ Family Mentor Service

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Unique to Nottingham, the family mentor service was developed through Small Steps Big Changes and funded through The National Lottery Community Fund’s 10-year A Better Start Programme (2015-2025). Family mentors are a highly trained paid peer workforce employed by community and voluntary sector organisations. They support parents of children aged up to four to achieve the best outcomes for children through the delivery of an evidence-informed, home visiting programme, Small Steps at Home. The FM service benefits from nine years of test-and-learn with evidence of positive impacts on children, parents and its workforce.

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Highly commended: Better Start Bradford: Little Minds Matter

Finalists:

  • North London Mental Health Partnership Young Adults Transitions Services and Fashion-Enter: HopeFX - a New Innovative Partnership Between Healthcare and the Fashion Industry to Support Young People Aged 18 to 25
  • Kent Community Health Foundation Trust - Kent School Health: Creation and Introduction of a Co-Designed Health Contact for Children Aged 7-8 That Supports the Building of Resilience and Wellbeing
  • Homerton Healthcare FT: Verbo: a Virtual Speech and Language Toolkit for Schools
  • NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board, Walsall Housing Group, NHS Walsall Healthcare Trust, George Coller Memorial Fund: ACEing Asthma
  • Wakefield District Health and Care Partnership: Wakefield Families Together: Integrated and Holistic Pathways to Support Children & Young People’s Health and Wellbeing Needs
  • Alder Hey Children’s Hospital FT: Respiratory Parent Champions in the Community
  • Harrogate and District FT: Midteen Review

 

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