A Better Start Southend is proud to have an expert team with backgrounds ranging across private, public and charitable sectors. The team supports the delivery of services by our delivery partners, communicating information and messaging to families and the community, ensuring that parents, partners and stakeholders meet to make decisions together and provide the evidence of impact to families, stakeholders and the National Lottery Community Fund. Additional expertise is provided by partners from Southend City’s Public Health team, the City Council’s data analytics team, the University of Essex, and the Mid and South Essex NHS organisations. All are committed to ensuring Southend-on-Sea is the best place in the country to bring up a child and be a parent.