Self Care Week – 13-19 November 2023

What does self-care mean to you?

Talking Transitions: The Return of the Chatter Challenge

The Talking Transitions Chatter Challenge is back for the school holidays!

Parent Champions and the programme

How do Parent Champions help to shape Southend services? Read all about it here!

A Better Start Southend Work Skills: a new way of delivering

Hear from Amir, Lucie and Lizzie about some of the new ways in which they are delivering the project

Learning from the Resilience, Ideas and Innovation Fund

Hear about some of the learnings from the Resilience, Ideas and Innovation Fund, and where to next!

Being a male caregiver: a parent’s story

Read about Duncan, one of our fantastic Parent Champions, about his experiences being a dad!

The importance of Black History Month in 2020

October is Black History Month and Keighley Hylton, ABSS Project Manager, shows why it is so important

Work Skills goes Virtual

Read all about how our Work Skills project has been supporting families throughout the pandemic!

Stepping Up to Co-production in Southend-on-Sea during COVID-19

Our Co-production Champion, Jessica Russell, talks about vital work alongside families during the pandemic

Delivering innovative services during COVID-19: how has it changed?

Jeff Banks, Director of ABSS talks about how our services have moved into the digital age

Maternal Mental Health: an introduction

During Maternal Mental Health Week, Specialist Health Visitor Ros, gives us an insight into Perinatal Mental Health

“What has happened to you?”: Trends in ACES and Trauma Informed Practice

Learning from our 30th Research Bulletin and beyond

Who’s the Expert? – Exchanging knowledge in co-production and service design in the Early Years

ABSS Knowledge, Research and Evaluation lead, Rachel Wood, talks about the sharing knowledge in the early years!

The impact of the ABSS Parent Champions

Roger Savage, Development Office for SAVS, talks about the impact of Parent Champions across the Southend community

A look at our Joint Paediatric Clinic project

Our Assistant Director Stephanie Farr takes a look at the Joint Paediatric Clinics and explains how they work

Southend’s Stories – finding the magic in storytelling

Rhiannon Jones, our Communications and Marketing Assistant on the Southend's Stories campaign!

Talking Transitions – the journey from pre-school to primary school

Lynsey and Sian, A Better Start Southend's Specialist Early Years Teachers talk about the journey after pre-school

Work Skills project – Always a reason to celebrate!

Work Skills Project Administrator Lucie Babbington on the impact the project has had!

Community Engagement – learnings from Pip the mascot and beyond…

Our Communications and Marketing Manager, Tom Morton, talks about community engagement and our mascot Pip!

The Impact of Breastfeeding Support

Our Diet and Nutrition Workstream Lead Charlotte Graham on the impact of breastfeeding support

Why exchanging knowledge matters

Our Knowledge, Research and Evaluation Lead on the importance of sharing information

Finding breastfeeding friendly venues on the go

Our Advanced Health Improvement Practitioner Sabrina Kerr on the Southend Supports Breastfeeding interactive map