The Lambeth Early Action Partnership (LEAP)

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1 The Lambeth Early Action Partnership (LEAP) Annual Report March 2016 Lambeth Early Action Partnership

2 Contents 1 Introduction 2 Looking back 2 The LEAP vision 2 Goals 3 Portfolio of LEAP services 4 Where we are now 4 The LEAP service design process 5 LEAP live services 6 Test and learn 6 Family Foundations a case study 7 Delivering LEAP in children s centres case study 8 LEAP parents voice 8 LEAP CAN service design case study 9 Promoting learning from LEAP case study 10 Parent Representatives case study 11 Capital programme 11 Wayfinding and signage 12 Table of capital projects 13 Financial position 14 Looking forward 14 LEAP needs you get involved in 2016! 15 Priorities Workforce 16 Community engagement 16 Evaluation

3 Introduction Welcome to Lambeth Early Action Partnership s first Annual Report. Since the programme was awarded funding by the Big Lottery in March 2015, a huge amount has been achieved: The LEAP partnership s commitment to early intervention and preventative work has gone from strength to strength The recruitment and training of parent champions to promote LEAP and other early years services means that we are beginning to strengthen communities The involvement of local parents, communities and practitioners in the process of designing services has meant that LEAP is listening and responding to local need The evaluation and monitoring systems that are being established mean that LEAP will have an in-depth understanding of how and why services are working and how they can be improved Establishing a baseline of the skills and values of our workforce and parents means that we can deliver training and development activities that meet their needs. As we enter the second year of the programme there are many exciting and interesting challenges ahead. We know that there is strong evidence that pregnancy and the first few years of life are crucial for building the foundations Lambeth Early Action Partnership (LEAP) is made up of local organisations, communities, parents and carers across four wards in Lambeth. LEAP works in an innovative way to transform early years services, working with local families to build stronger and more supportive communities. LEAP s purpose is to enable individuals and organisations to collaborate so that every child has A Better Start in life, from pregnancy up to their fourth birthday. for future health and wellbeing. LEAP and the other A Better Start areas across the UK support babies and young children to be happy and healthy. We are committed to prevent problems that affect children s outcomes and will ensure families can access the support they need. At the same time the programme aims to change the way local agencies work with families and each other. In Lambeth, LEAP is a unique opportunity to test these approaches over ten years, and add to the evidence about what works to ensure children have the best start in life. We hope you enjoy reading our first Annual Report and don t forget: if you live in the LEAP area, you can get involved with our work! Details for how to keep in touch with LEAP are at the end of this report. I look forward to working with you in the coming year. Laura McFarlane LEAP Director Annual Report

4 Looking back In February 2014, the LEAP Partnership submitted its bid to the Big Lottery Fund. In June that year, we were awarded 36m over ten years to improve outcomes for babies and young children as part of the A Better Start programme, which is also running in Blackpool, Bradford, Nottingham and Southend-on- Sea. We have started in Coldharbour, Stockwell, Tulse Hill and Vassall wards and will spread our learning across Lambeth and beyond. Let s look back at our bid to see where we began The LEAP vision Our vision is for Lambeth to be the best place in the world for children to be born and grow up and we will accept no less than for all of our children to be healthy, happy, confident, safe and able to achieve their aspirations. We will do this through a focus on three outcomes for children, from pregnancy to their fourth birthday: 1) Social and emotional development 2) Communication, language and literacy 3) Diet, nutrition and physical activity Plus a fourth, systems change, which means transforming the way maternity and early years services are commissioned and how they work with families and each other. Goals We said we would achieve our goals through a public health approach. This means developing services that support individual children and families as well as their wider environment. We illustrated this with the LEAP Rainbow (below) which shows what success would look like for families. To achieve this, we committed to delivering new projects across the three LEAP outcomes areas, as well as the wider system. We are working with our partners and the community to co-design all LEAP services. rainbow diagram for my child to grow, play, learn and make friends My neighbourhood environment is a healthy, supportive and safe place to shape services to my needs I get the right help and support from professionals Use the assets we have the community s strength and vibrancy this is about empowerment Victoria Sherwin, LEAP Board member, February 2014 We have a bold, ambitious vision one that is aspirational. Andrew Eyres, Chief Officer of Lambeth Clinical Commissioning Group, February 2014 and who support me as a parent when I need help I have friends, family and neighbours whose company I enjoy My child and I are happy, healthy and developing well I am confiident about caring for our baby well, enjoy being a parent and have a happy family 2 Lambeth Early Action Partnership

5 Portfolio of LEAP services Social and emotional development Communication and language Diet and nutrition Parent and Infant Relationship Service (PAIRS) Helping parents get closer to their baby through the provision of one-to-one or group therapeutic support. Community Perinatal Mental Health Supporting the emotional wellbeing of families during pregnancy and the year following birth through improved identification and referral. Supporting families living in violent households Working with Lambeth s Violence Against Women and Girls strategy, LEAP will develop innovative programmes to support families and children affected by violence. Early Literacy Programme for 0-2 years Working with families in community settings and families homes to increase support for the communication and language development of babies and young children. Additional services will be developed to support families who have English as an additional language. Reading and early literacy will be promoted for all families across the LEAP area. Healthy Catering Commitment Working with local businesses to improve healthy food options in the area. Breastfeeding Peer Support Breastfeeding support to first time mothers in community settings, at home or in the hospital. Community Activity and Nutrition (CAN) One-to-one and group support to empower pregnant women to make healthy food choices and increase physical exercise during and after their pregnancy. LEAP into Healthy Living! Supporting the development of and access to community- based activities that focus on improving nutrition and increasing exercise. Improved Oral Health in Early Years Settings Improving oral health through supervised tooth brushing and promotion of oral health in early years. Cross-cutting projects Strengthening families through parenting programmes, increased support in pregnancy with caseload midwifery and centering pregnancy, and by extending the Family Nurse Partnership. Social marketing to empower families to make positive changes for their health and wellbeing. GP Failsafe programme to ensure more families can access support if they need it. Supporting better social networks and relationships with LEAP Parent Champions, peer support and more parent spaces in children s centres. Creating a family-friendly environment with capital projects, wayfinding and signage, healthier food options, smoke-free homes, and support for families in overcrowded housing. Systems change through workforce transformation, funding and governance that supports prevention and early intervention, better use of data and information, and joined up working with the whole family. Annual Report

6 Where we are now The LEAP Partnership that worked together to develop the bid is now the LEAP Partnership Board the governing body for our programme. And our commitment hasn t changed. We spent some time reviewing our plans from the bid, and in April 2015 these plans were given the go-ahead by the Big Lottery Fund. Seven LEAP services are now up and running. Over 50 co-production events, workshops and focus groups have taken place. Sixteen of the 25 LEAP services are in the process of service design, and are being co-produced with parents, the community and other local partners. The LEAP service design process Since LEAP officially started, the focus of the partnership has been on a process of service design working together with parents, carers, the community and local workers to ensure that what we offer the community is attractive to families and will meet their needs. This process is based on implementation science, which evidence shows makes a real difference to how effective services are at engaging and benefitting those they are intended for. Service design is integral to LEAP, and the views of the community are reflected in all that we do. The process itself involves as many steps as are needed to develop a shared understanding of who the service is for, what outcomes it will achieve, how and where it will be offered. Building on any available evidence about how services work, partners get together in a series of workshops, focus groups and/or demonstrations of the service to inform how it could best be offered to LEAP families. The final design is written up into a document that sets out clearly how it will work, and helps to develop a shared understanding about the service for families and professionals. You can read about how the service design process has worked in practice on page 8. The design is not the end of the process the diagram below sets out how service design will be ongoing throughout LEAP: Co-producing the design, understanding local needs and what might work Preparing to deliver, engaging staff, training, the detail about how it will work Starting to deliver on a small scale, quickly testing and learning and refining as we go Full operation, offering to more families, stabilising the service Sustaining the service, but always reflecting and repeating steps as needed Parents, carers, the community, voluntary sector, Council and health services are involved in the testing and learning throughout, revisiting steps when necessary 4 Lambeth Early Action Partnership

7 LEAP live services Below is a table of LEAP services in the starting to deliver phase. Each is taking a pilot approach: starting small to test implementation and delivery in order to learn what works best before being expanded to more families: LEAP service Start date Beneficiaries On target? Parent and Infant Relationship Support (1-1) Therapeutic support for attachment and attunement April families and their children Yes. The PAIRS team are in the set-up phase and working with families while they continue their specialist training with OXPIP ( Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) A voluntary programme for first-time young mothers from pregnancy until their child is two June new pregnant women recruited Yes. LEAP funding has supported the extension of FNP across Lambeth. Parent Champions Supporting parents and carers to use their skills and knowledge to bring about positive change in their own lives and for the whole community December new Parent Champions Yes. More Champions will be recruited and trained later this year. The focus is now on supporting the current Champions with their work in the community. Brief Encounters Training to provide those who work with families with tools and skills to identify families who may benefit from relationship support December trainees, 20 local managers Yes. The training structure is in place, workshops for managers have been delivered and plans are in place to roll out the training to 230 local workers and volunteers over this year. Family Foundations A course for couples expecting their first child together, giving them tools to parent together and support each other January expectant couples Yes. The successful first course is halfway through, with 100% attendance so far. Further work is ongoing in order to increase identifcation of eligible families and promotion of the service. See case study on page 6. Community Activity and Nutrition (CAN) Supporting healthy lifestyles for pregnant women with a high BMI January pregnant women Yes. CAN is in the pilot phase, testing how women are recruited into the service and how, where, and when it is best delivered. Initial take-up has exceeded expected numbers. PAIRS group support Bond with your Baby group sessions January women and babies Yes. The successful first course has just finished at Liz Atkinson Children s Centre. Annual Report

8 Test and learn What does on target mean for LEAP services? LEAP is about more than numbers. We want our services to have a wide reach into the community, and we re very ambitious about the number of families we want to work with. It s not just about how many people are coming into contact with LEAP: it s also about who they are we want to use our resources in the right places to really make a difference. LEAP is a test and learn programme which means we are learning from and adapting our services all the time. This is sometimes alongside delivering them, to ensure they are as suitable and attractive for local families as possible. So on occasion, having fewer families accessing a service might mean it s because we ve stopped what we were doing, made our service better and then started it back up again. Therefore, when we say a service is on target, we are reflecting on how well it is working, as well as how many are using it. Case Study Family Foundations test and learn Family Foundations a programme for couples expecting their first child was offered at Liz Atkinson children s centre from January-February The course was run by specially trained facilitators, and offered in the early evening to increase the opportunity for both expectant parents to attend. This first course was intended to be a small pilot, in order to test what works before offering it more widely. The success factors for the pilot include attendance levels. Attendance levels were 100% for the course, and mums and dads to be who completed the programme were very positive about how it will help them to parent their child together while supporting each other. Feedback from facilitators delivering this for the first time was also positive and the course is seen as an important opportunity to support families from an early stage to build a strong foundation for their child. However, challenges also emerged. In particular: identifying couples to sign up to the programme, supporting maternity services to promote the course, sharing data to enable them to do so, and ensuring there was enough capacity to follow up if further support was needed. The second Family Foundations course will be delayed until these challenges can be resolved. This approach is part of LEAP, and does not mean that there has been a failure in the service rather it is a positive opportunity to improve and target services more effectively, so that more families can access and benefit from them. It also helps us identify across the programme the barriers that may be in the way for both referring services and families, so we can work together to resolve them. Family Foundations will be offered again when it has even greater potential to attract and support LEAP families. 6 Lambeth Early Action Partnership

9 Case Study Delivering LEAP in children s centres Maria Morton, Outreach Worker, Liz Atkinson Children s Centre I was involved in some of the early LEAP meetings, shaping the bid to the Big Lottery Fund. It was clear from the beginning that the programme would be very connected to the work of children s centres, and relevant to my role as Outreach Worker. I see LEAP as a chance to do things differently, offer more specialised services and work with new families. Being part of LEAP is making a real difference. At Liz Atkinson we are offering Family Foundations for couples and also Bond With Your Baby groups. For the first time, the centre is working with parents to be, including couples, which means the chance to meet more dads and support them too. Engaging families earlier in this way means we can build a relationship before the baby is born and support them at every stage, from breastfeeding to beyond. It s also an opportunity for families to learn about children s centres as not all of them know about what we offer. Working with families earlier, and building their trust in what we do, means more preventative work, identifying families needs earlier and making sure they get the right support. The focus of the new services on relationships also means we are part of building a stable foundation for LEAP babies. LEAP is giving those of us who work in children s centres the opportunity to develop new skills that we can then apply to all of our work. And it also means an opportunity to work and train alongside other professionals such as health visitors and midwifery teams, as well as LEAP Parent Champions who have been fantastic in increasing awareness about what we do. It has been challenging too fitting LEAP into the centre s programme and delivering the new groups alongside our outreach work and other services. We need to be flexible, but I can see the real benefit of the LEAP approach which is to start up on a small scale, see what works best, learn from it and then offer it to more families. Even the practical things need to be tested (such as knowing the best time of day to offer a group session) if we are to make sure LEAP is accessible to all. In future I am excited to see LEAP services offered beyond the four wards, and for more of the local workforce to be equipped with new skills and knowledge, so that more families can benefit from what we are achieving by working together. Annual Report

10 Case Study The LEAP parents voice Parents, carers and the community are at the heart of everything LEAP does. There are many ways in which parents and carers are involved in designing and driving the programme, representing the voice of their communities and supporting others. Parents are equal partners in LEAP, working side by side with partners from local services, the Council and health teams. Working in the community Parent Champions There are currently 35 LEAP Parent Champions. They are representatives within their local area. They help other parents and carers to feel confident about using their skills and knowledge to bring about positive change both in their own lives and for the whole community. I want to be a voice for the community that we serve, bringing to reality the views of the community, showing what is really happening and to positively challenge the assumptions of others LEAP Parent Champion Co-production designing LEAP services Community Activity and Nutrition Programme (CAN) The CAN programme, which began in January 2016, was originally a research study run by St Thomas s Hospital, working with groups of pregnant women who had a body mass index (BMI) over 30, to make changes to their nutrition and physical activity levels in order to support their own and their baby s health. LEAP worked with the CAN team to turn this study into a new service for pregnant women in our wards. Through a rigorous process of service design, local women, working alongside practitioners, co-designed significant enhancements to the original CAN approach, to give it the best chance of success in improving outcomes for mother and child. As a direct result of parents involvement, these changes were made: CAN will now be available to women with a BMI of over 25, meaning more pregnant women will benefit It now includes a family session, so that older children, partners and extended family can see for themselves the ways in which healthy changes can be made and how they can support the woman at home The CAN manual, which all women in the programme receive, will now include healthy recipes that reflect the diverse cultures of the LEAP wards A breastfeeding element has been added into the service, to promote this in line with LEAP s other work Translation and interpretation will now be available to support women to access the service CAN will now link to and promote walk and talk groups for women who have finished the programme but want to keep in touch with and continue to motivate each other, increasing the chance that CAN will make a lasting difference to the women and their families Families enjoying a LEAP CAN demonstration 8 Lambeth Early Action Partnership

11 Case Study Governance Parent Representatives on the Board The LEAP Board membership includes 11 Parent Represen tatives from our diverse communities. These parents and carers shape the programme, hold partners to account for how well LEAP is engaging local families and, in turn, ensure the voice of the community is heard. Read Malika s story on page 10. Monitoring and evaluation Local parents are being trained in community research methods, supporting LEAP to capture valuable data and learning while also having the opportunity to learn new skills. LEAP workforce Local parents are part of interview panels for key LEAP staff, deciding who works alongside them in the programme. Promoting learning from LEAP Andrea and Sylvia Parent Champions and Representatives play an important role in promoting the importance of involving communities in the design and governance of local services and in spreading the learning from LEAP so that other areas and families around the country can benefit. In September 2015, LEAP Parent Champions Andrea and Sylvia spoke at a parliamentary reception at the House of Commons about their experiences of working with other parents and professionals to support families within their community. The reception was held by the National Children s Bureau to launch its report Poor Beginnings: Health Inequalities among young children in England. Andrea and Sylvia, who spoke alongside Dr Ann Hoskins, Deputy Director for Health & Wellbeing at Public Health England, shared their perspective about the importance of parents insight into how best to support children s outcomes. Andrea and Sylvia speaking at the House of Commons, above, and featuring in the Brixton Bugle, right Annual Report

12 Case Study The role of LEAP Parent Representatives Malika s story I have been involved with LEAP since the partnership was putting together the bid to the Big Lottery Fund. I got involved because I saw LEAP as an opportunity to do things differently, to empower the people in our communities and to show they are our greatest asset. Lambeth is rich in its diversity, but to really engage communities, we need representatives who can reach out to them, and bring them to us. Only this way can we make the most of our resources and use them wisely. Otherwise we risk our services becoming an offer that people don t want and if you always do what you ve always done, you get what you ve always got! In January 2014, I was part of the two strategy days that the partnership held in order to shape the LEAP bid. There was magic in these two days: partners including Chief Executives, health professionals, academics, parents and others got together with a shared vision and an equal role to play in shaping LEAP. Grasping and listening to the views of our diverse communities is very precious and this is why I went on to become a Parent Representative, part of the LEAP Board. The Board is in its infancy but already plays an important role in ensuring the community remains at the heart of LEAP. Parent Representatives are the voice of parents in the LEAP wards, and in turn have a role in spreading the word from LEAP back to the community, empowering others to have their views heard. This is not without its challenges. The Board gives Parent Representatives the space to have their voice heard but it is a new way of working and will take time to embed. Looking forward, my role as Parent Representative is to speak up for the community and work alongside others on the Board to make sure people see the opportunity we have to change the way services are delivered and how parents are involved in decision making. I have a role in the bigger picture, in which LEAP can be an identity that bonds communities and services together. If we can do this empower our assets and show their potential LEAP can lead the way not just for Lambeth or London but across the world. Personally, I will continue to work with the other Parent Representatives and support them and other Board members to recognise how important they are, and to use the equal voice we have been given. Members of the LEAP Board celebrating winning our funding from the Big Lottery Fund, June Lambeth Early Action Partnership

13 Capital programme LEAP capital programme The LEAP capital programme is ambitious in its scale for children and families. Throughout 2015 the Capital Board, which meets monthly, have had a very busy time developing plans for the eleven schemes that are going ahead as part of the overall capital programme. Good progress has been made in what has proved to be a challenging set of legal requirements, and establishing a partnership approach with the capital team in the local authority. Over the summer of 2015 consultation events were held at many of the proposed LEAP sites, and families and professionals were able to say what was important to them in terms of developing new spaces for children and their families. The LEAP capital programme will significantly enhance LEAP s ability to deliver its programme in a range of locations across the four wards. Children s centres will benefit from the creation of a health room, parents room and multi- agency office space. The estate-based projects will offer small space on some of our estates to deliver parts of the LEAP programme to local communities, and One O clock Clubs will benefit from small pieces of work to enhance their existing space. Wayfinding and signage It is important that families, local professionals and the community are able to find their way to buildings and sources of support. A part of the capital programme will look at how people find their way around their area, and how families know where they can go for advice. We have recently begun consultation about signage and wayfinding to our LEAP buildings. Local parents and professionals worked with a specialist architect to identify our priorities. This work will run alongside the capital programme. Sensory Play area proposed for Early Years Hub on Cowley Estate New entrance to Jubilee Children s Centre View of an early years garden Parents room Annual Report

14 Summary of LEAP capital projects Capital projects are due to commence throughout the autumn of Site Planned works Planning permission received? Children s centres Loughborough Children s Centre Building extension Design work ongoing Liz Atkinson Children s Centre Building extension n/a Jubilee Children s Centre Building extension St Stephens Children s Centre Building extension Early years hubs Cowley Road Early Years Hub Improve early years playground and improve connection between community centre and outside space Loughborough Early Years Hub Create early years and family garden Harper House n/a Tulse Hill Early Years Hub Internal and external improvements Jubilee Hall n/a Murcell Hill Early Years Hub Internal and external improvements to Murcell Hall n/a n/a One o clock clubs Brockwell One O clock Club Environmental improvements internal and external. Improvement to early years garden, improve signage Max Roach One O clock Club Improvements to entry and buggy storage 12 Lambeth Early Action Partnership

15 Financial position In addition to the funding of 36m awarded by Big Lottery Fund, an additional 1.8m in leverage funding was committed by Lambeth Council and Clinical Commissioning Group. Spend to date has been less than expected, which reflects the slower pace at which services have been co-designed and got up and running. We expect the pace to pick up over the coming financial year. The pie-chart shows spend to date according to each of LEAP s key outcome areas. Expenditure includes costs related to the service design phase, as well as spend on delivery of the services that are now up and running: Social and emotional programmes include: Overcrowded Housing, Parenting Programmes, Parent Infant Relationship Support (PAIRS), Perinatal Mental Health Communication and language programmes include: development of the Early Literacy Programme Diet and nutrition programmes include: Community Activity and Nutrition (CAN), LEAP into Healthy Lifestyles, Oral Health, Healthy Catering commitment, Smoke Free Homes, Breastfeeding Systems change includes: Workforce Development Projects split across the four outcome areas: Family Nurse Partnership, Parent Champions, GP Programme, Capital Programme, Community Development LEAP spend by outome area (Big Lottery and leverage funds) 276, , ,524 Social and emotional 413,166 Communication and language Diet and nutrition Systems change Spend to March 2016 Annual Report

16 Looking forward LEAP needs you! In the coming months, the following LEAP services are being designed with parents, local workers and other partners, ready to start delivering to families throughout 2016 and early LEAP outcome area LEAP service When (see page 3) Cross-cutting Communication, language and literacy Support for families living in overcrowded housing in the LEAP area Early literacy an innovative new service based on the Making it REAL project Design underway Design underway Diet and nutrition, social and emotional Breastfeeding peer support From April 2016 Diet and nutrition Systems change LEAP into Healthy Lifestyles a community-based initiative to support nutrition and physical activity From April 2016 GP Failsafe programme, working with LEAP GPs to develop a proactive system for supporting families with young children Spring-Summer 2016 Cross-cutting Social marketing Summer 2016 Social and emotional Perinatal mental health Summer 2016 Social and emotional Services relating to violence against women and girls Autumn 2016 Diet and nutrition Improving oral health Autumn Lambeth Early Action Partnership

17 Priorities for next period In addition to expanding our live services, and designing others, we will be focusing on three key areas for the year ahead, building on our work so far. Workforce The focus of the last year has been on training practitioners to deliver specific services such as Family Foundations, as well as design and delivery of key workforce development opportunities such as Brief Encounters (see page 6), which gives workers new skills they can use in their day-to-day practice. This is alongside developing a broader workforce strategy for LEAP. To inform this, a baseline questionnaire has been issued to local workers to understand what the workforce want in terms of learning opportunities linked to LEAP outcome areas. The results of the baseline survey will inform the workforce and learning offer for 2017, focusing on specific training Want to take part? leapadmin@ncb.org.uk to let us know which service(s) you are interested in Find out more and (@leaplambeth) needs identified by local workers. This offer will be coproduced with our partners. For 2016, we are focusing on two main areas of work: First, a universal learning offer, to build a shared foundation across the LEAP workforce about our core outcome areas. The offer will take the form of a series of workshops open to all sectors starting in the summer with a focus on social and emotional development. The workshops will be co-designed with partners to ensure they build a shared understanding, knowledge and vocabulary among the LEAP workforce, and provide an opportunity for them to share their current practice and learn from each other. Keep an eye on our website for details. Secondly, we are excited to be working with Dr Crispin Day to develop the Family Partnership Model (FPM) for LEAP. FPM is an innovative approach based on how the qualities and skills of those who work with families, when used in partnership, can build strength and resilience and fulfil families goals more effectively, while overcoming the challenges they may face. This model will be developed over the course of this year, working alongside practitioners from across the LEAP area, for example, health visitors and children s centre outreach workers. If you are interested in being part of the workforce development work, please contact Claire Cooper, LEAP Workforce and Learning Manager by leapadmin@ncb.org.uk Annual Report

18 Community engagement We are at the end of a busy year of work with the LEAP community. We ve had some great successes: co-designing and getting the Parent Champion programme up and running; recruiting Parent Representatives to the LEAP Board; embedding community involvement in the design of the LEAP programme; and developing positive relationships between parents, the voluntary sector and local services. We are still at the beginning and all of this will continue to grow over the ten years of LEAP to ensure the community is truly embedded, in a sustainable way, in all we do. For the year ahead, we will be focusing on building on what we ve achieved so far. In particular, we will prioritise putting the community engagement strategy into action. The first step is to develop an in-depth understanding of our communities, and a range of specific opportunities to appeal to everyone. We started in November, working with St Michael s Fellowship and Stockwell Partnership two of our local voluntary sector partners to support our work with young parents, fathers and male carers, Portuguese and Latin American families, and those from the Horn of Africa. The next step is to build on this and identify the assets we have, and also the needs of our many other community groups, so we can work together to deliver what families want, and ensure they are accessible to all. Part of this will be our ward and estate-based work which is starting in Tulse Hill and Coldharbour. Alongside this, we will be completing our design of the one-to-one peer support programme which will be highly innovative and tailored specifically to LEAP communities. We will also continue to work with Parent Representatives as the community voice on the LEAP Board. If you are a parent or carer living in the LEAP area and would like to be involved, contact us at leapadmin@ncb.org.uk or on Evaluation Louise Harrington, LEAP Evaluation Manager, is leading on the development of an evaluation framework. This will be presented to the Board for discussion in July, following which there will be further opportunity to work with partners to develop and commission evaluation activity. The framework will support evaluation of LEAP at both service level and programme level which will tell us how effective our services are and also about the change LEAP is making for the whole population of the wards in which we are focused. Within the LEAP programme are services that are wellevidenced, but perhaps being offered for the first time in Lambeth; services that have a science base that we will put to the test; and those that are local innovations, where we want to try something new. LEAP evaluation will complement the work of the Warwick Consortium who are leading on evaluation across all five A Better Start sites. 16 Lambeth Early Action Partnership

19 The LEAP Partnership would like to say a big Thank You to all parents, carers, the community and our partners for supporting a successful first year Annual Report

20 Lambeth Early Action Partnership (LEAP) LEAP is mode up of local organisations, communities, parents and carers across four wards in Lambeth. LEAP works in an innovative way to transform early years services, working with local families to build stronger and more supportive communities. LEAP s purpose is to enable individuals and organisations to collaborate so that every child has A Better Start in life, from pregnancy up to their fourth birthday. The National Children s Bureau (NCB) is the accountable organisation for the partnership. Lambeth Early Action Partnership (LEAP) Liz Atkinson Children s Centre, 9 Mostyn Road, London SW9 6PH leapadmin@ncb.org.uk (@leaplambeth) Lambeth Early Action Partnership