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Andrea Priest
10 May 2013
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Bliss and Best Beginnings launch Kangaroo Care Stickers packs in neonatal units in time for Kangaroo Care Awareness Day

Best Beginnings and Bliss, the special care baby charity, are delighted to have collaborated to produce Kangaroo Care Stickers packs which will be available for free across UK neonatal units and just in time for the second anniversary of the International Kangaroo Care Awareness Day on May 15.   Kangaroo Care is encouraged in neonatal units to help parents bond with their babies. It is where the... Read More
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Andrea Priest
09 May 2013
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Best Beginnings and Bliss collaborate to support Kangaroo Care!

Bliss and Best Beginnings' National Kangaroo Care Sticker Project

Best Beginnings and Bliss are collaborating to support family-centered care across the UK. As part of our collaboration, the charities are working with the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle-upon-Tyne to make available a new pack of stickers and record charts to promote the uptake of extended periods of skin-to-skin contact betw... Read More
Lee Hall
16 April 2013
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Best Beginnings Invited to Early Intervention Foundation Launch with Prime Minister

Best Beginnings' CEO Alison Baum was invited to 10 Downing Street on Monday 15 April to join the Prime Minister as he launched the Early Intervention Foundation.

The Foundation aims to give babies, children and young people a great start, and to cut the massive costs of dysfunction for taxpayers.

Best Beginnings is a consortium member of the Foundation and Alison (pictured right with Chair of th... Read More
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Lee Hall
28 March 2013
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Help Us: Volunteers Wanted!

Best Beginnings is a small charity with a very impressive impact. With this big impact comes a big workload and we are seeking volunteers to help us increase our effectiveness.

We have 3 fantastic opportunities available to work for a charity that makes a proven difference to the lives of children and parents.

Please cick on the links below to learn more about the roles and how to apply. If you ... Read More
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Jen Hughes
01 March 2013
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Welcome the Newest Members of the Best Beginnings Team!

On the last day of February, our 2 newest staff members joined Best Beginnings – Julie Watson and Shel Banks. They’ll be working for Best Beginnings for 4 months on a part time basis, courtesy of funding from the Vodafone Foundation’s World of Difference programme, whose strapline is “Donate yourself – and get paid for your time!”

Julie (left) and Shel with Gok Wan - Vodafone World ... Read More
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Andrea Priest
30 January 2013
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Best Beginnings Supports 4 Children's Fair4Families Campaign

Best Beginnings is delighted to announce that we as a charity are supporting 4Children with their Fair4Families campaign launched on the 29th January 2013.  The campaign aims to put the needs of children and families on the political and policy agenda by calling on the Chancellor to recognise families as assets to society and requesting that families be put at the top of the agenda in this year’s ... Read More
Andrea Priest
21 January 2013
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Best Beginnings' Mobile Apps Pilot in Southwark and Lambeth

Best Beginnings are launching two phone apps called Bump Buddy and Baby Buddy in mid March to support parents in the physical and emotional transition to parenthood. To find our more about these apps please click here.

As part of this apps project, Best Beginnings is undertaking a 2-month pilot of the Bump Buddy and Baby Buddy phone apps amongst Guy’s and St Thomas’ community midwives in the Lond... Read More
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Andrea Priest
16 January 2013
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Best Beginning's at the CPHVA, RCM and UNICEF Baby Friendly annual conferences

In November 2012 Best Beginning’s Founder and Chief exec Alison Baum presented about Small Wonders at the Annual CPHVA Conference in Brighton as well as the Annual RCM Conference. In addition to this Best Beginning’s Trustee Francesca Entwistle chaired the 2nd day of the UNICEF Baby Friendly Annual Conference in Cardiff in December 2012 raising awareness of Small Wonders and the upcoming Bump Budd... Read More
Jen Hughes
07 December 2012
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Supporter Dinner Hosted by the Countess of March and Kinrara

On 21st November, Best Beginnings’ patron the Countess of March and Kinrara very kindly hosted a special dinner at the wonderful Jumeriah Carlton Tower hotel in London. The event was generously sponsored by Best Beginnings’ supporter Alan Graham and attended by 25 people.
It was a successful evening and a fantastic opportunity to for the guests to learn more about Best Beginnings, how they can j... Read More
Lee Hall
26 November 2012
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First Meeting of the Small Wonders Advisory Group

The first meeting of the Small Wonders Advisory Group took place on Thursday the 22nd of November at Best Beginnings offices’ in London.

Twenty-one people attended the meeting in total, including eighteen external Advisory Group members (some of whom had travelled from as far as Edinburgh to attend) as well as some of the Best Beginnings team.

The Small Wonders Advisory Group, which now has twen... Read More
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