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Family Involvement and Engagement

We will implement countywide promotional campaigns to ensure that all families are aware of the Best Start Offer and how to access the support they need.

We will expand our current methods of family involvement and commit to regular, diverse methods of eliciting parents’ experiences, views and preferences. We will continue to improve our ways of working with voluntary and community sector organisations and other partners to ensure views shared with trusted partners translate to the local authority.

Priority actions:

  • Develop and expand our current parent forums and focus groups with a focus on underserved communities, and ensure that parent views are present in decision-making forums
  • Set up a parent champions programme
  • Develop a parent/carer insight and impact tool for use across all Best Start services/activity
  • Establish regular feedback sessions with voluntary and community sector organisations to share knowledge about family needs and priorities.