Best Beginnings

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Best Beginnings is the podcast for everyone working in or caring about the early years. Hosted by George Looker, CEO of Babyzone, each episode brings together leading researchers, clinicians, practitioners, policymakers and parents to explore the evidence, ideas and innovations shaping how we support children and families in the UK. From infant mental health and attachment to workforce challenges and systems change, Best Beginnings goes beyond the headlines to have the conversations that matter most in early childhood. New episodes drop every Tuesday. Best Beginnings is brought to you by Babyzone, a national charity operating free, evidence-based family hubs across England for families with children aged 0–5.

Episodes

  1. You Only Get One Chance at This | Neil Leitch on Best Beginnings

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    You Only Get One Chance at This | Neil Leitch on Best Beginnings

    Neil Leitch has spent decades fighting for the early years sector to be taken seriously. As CEO of the Early Years Alliance, the largest early years membership organisation in England, he has seen what happens when families don't get the support they need in the earliest years of life and what changes when they do. In this episode we talk about a freedom of information request that took two and a half years to win and revealed that in 2021 the Department for Education calculated it would cost £7.49 per hour to properly fund early years provision for three and four year olds. Today providers receive around £5.60. Less than the government's own figure, four years on, after double digit inflation and rising costs. We also talk about why 77% of early years educators who leave the sector say they feel undervalued by government, what real education actually looks like, why every child has talent but not every child has opportunity and why the earliest years are the single most important period we consistently underinvest in. Subscribe to Best Beginnings wherever you listen to podcasts and if you know someone who needs to hear this, share it with them.

    41 min
  2. Introducing Best Beginnings

    EPISODE 1

    Introducing Best Beginnings

    1 million new neural connections form in a child's brain every single second during the first three years of life. By the time a child turns two, more than 80% of their brain architecture is already in place. And yet, as a society, we invest the least in the years that matter most. That's what Best Beginnings is here to change. In this opening monologue, George Looker makes the case for why the earliest years aren't just a social priority, they're an economic one. And why what happens at the kitchen table matters more than any government programme. Subscribe to Best Beginnings wherever you listen to podcasts and if you know someone that needs to hear this, share it with them.

    18 min

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Best Beginnings is the podcast for everyone working in or caring about the early years. Hosted by George Looker, CEO of Babyzone, each episode brings together leading researchers, clinicians, practitioners, policymakers and parents to explore the evidence, ideas and innovations shaping how we support children and families in the UK. From infant mental health and attachment to workforce challenges and systems change, Best Beginnings goes beyond the headlines to have the conversations that matter most in early childhood. New episodes drop every Tuesday. Best Beginnings is brought to you by Babyzone, a national charity operating free, evidence-based family hubs across England for families with children aged 0–5.

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  • Creator
    Babyzone
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Babyzone
  • Show Website
    Best Beginnings