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Infographic from Nesta titled “Transforming family support in England.” It shows a blueprint for early years support, calling for long-term national funding to deliver a universal offer for children up to age 5. Key elements include seamless and targeted local delivery via one-stop shops, enabled by outcomes, governance, innovation, data, and workforce capacity. Illustrated with families and children.

Today, we’re launching a high-level blueprint for how the new family hubs programme can most effectively deliver support for all children and families in desperate need of it. bit.ly/4kBObMC

Supermarkets to get healthy eating targets under governme... Wes Streeting says retailers can help nudge people in right direction and drive ‘transformational’ change

Great to see @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social announce a new healthy food standard.

Nesta first set out this policy in 2024 and we are very pleased to welcome it today.

Read more in @theobserveruk.bsky.social with @rachelsylvester.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/politic...

Early years research collage | LinkedIn Mary-Alice Doyle | An aspirationally-monthly research update on early childhood development, family support, financial security, and ECEC.

Great new LinkedIn newsletter from my colleague @mary-aliced.bsky.social, Principal Researcher @nestauk.bsky.social
Subscribe for a handy monthly round-up of research and innovation relating to early years inequality www.linkedin.com/newsletters/...

We’ve identified six key lessons about how to do innovation in the early years: Adopt a test and learn approach. Effective innovation needs dedicated capacity. Co-design with families and frontline staff. There’s no shortage of early years data – joining it up is the challenge. Use mission-driven innovation to drive collaboration. Scale starts with a solution that works in place.

4 years ago we launched Fairer Start Local – an innovation partnership with local authorities to test & scale new ideas for supporting early childhood development.

Our new report explores the findings from the programme and lessons on how to innovate in the early years. bit.ly/4jvjqsD

Nourishing Britain: a political manual for improving the nation’s health Henry Dimbleby and Dr Dolly van Tulleken draw on interviews with former prime ministers and other key figures to offer practical advice and insights on how today’s politicians can tackle the UK’s obes...

Over the last 30 years, obesity levels have doubled while politicians on all sides have tried and mostly failed to get a grip on the problem.

Too often obesity reduction policies were abandoned, derailed, watered down or lost in the system. What went wrong? www.nesta.org.uk/report/nouri...

Deliveroo and UberEats face ban on junk food ads amid crackdown on obesity Raft of policy proposals aim to halve obesity in the next five years including a ban on offers and healthy food targets for supermarkets

New analysis: it is possible and affordable to halve obesity by the end of the decade, if governments implement the most effective high impact, low cost solutions.

Today we launch Nesta's blueprint for halving obesity: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11...

Nesta at the party conferences 2024 Nesta at this year’s Labour and Conservative Party conferences

This autumn, we’re at the Labour & Conservative Party conferences hosting roundtables, receptions & panels on improving early years education, health and decarbonisation.

If you’re attending, make sure to join us – here's what we’ve got coming up ⬇️ www.nesta.org.uk/nesta-at-the...

Consuming history: three decades of change in how and what we eat Guest author and food historian Pen Vogler shares 10 ways in which the food most readily available to us now is so much unhealthier than it was three decades ago

New long read from food historian Pen Vogler looking at food trends from the 1990s to now and how our diets have changed 🍿🍪🍭🥗

Includes a deep dive into the rise of the snack and how takeaways became a treat: bit.ly/3SUUCPY

Policy Live - Homepage

We're hosting a big policy conference in Westminster on 12 September - Policy Live. @nestauk.bsky.social and BIT.
A fab day of sessions on major policy challenges, mission driven methods, etc. Agenda and sign-up details here!
www.eventsforce.net/nesta/272/ag...