The education secretary Damian Hinds announced today the projects that will receive a share of the multi-million investment to support disadvantaged families with children’s early communication skills.
As part of this, £6.5m has been allocated to voluntary and community groups, through the Department for Education’s Early Years Disadvantage VCS 2018-20 grants programme, for projects that close the disadvantage gap at age five or support young children with SEND.
The organisations and charities that have been awarded funding include:
A further £5 million will fund trials in the north of England to research the best way to help parents in disadvantaged communities to start building their children’s skills at home. The trials, including new and existing schemes, which will be led by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) in partnership with SHINE, will include a text message scheme for parents to improve literacy, maths and social and emotional development.
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