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Join the ABSS team at #SouthendCityDay tomorrow at The Royals Shopping Centre! Highlights include the #ABSSStoriesofImpact exhibition, Southend Supports Breastfeeding, SAVS, #CityFamilyYourFamily and Little City role play. Southend-on-Sea City Council

The One to One Breastfeeding service will end in its current form on 31.03.25 due to ABSS grant end. Referrals into the service end on 28.02.25. Learn more: abetterstartsouthend.co.uk/midwifery-1-2-… Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust City Family #ABetterStartSouthend #BeyondABSS

ABSS would like to wish everyone in the community observing Ramadan a blessed and peaceful month. #ABetterStartSouthend #Ramadan2025

Today's the day! We'll be in the Royals Shopping Centre, 11am - 4pm! Highlights include the #ABSSStoriesOfImpact exhibition, Southend Supports Breastfeeding, SAVS and Livewell, #CityFamilyYourFamily and Little City role play. Southend-on-Sea City Council #SouthendCityDay

ABSS funding of #FamiliesGrowingTogether will end on 31.05.25 in preparation for ABSS grant end. Forest School and other activities will be offered by Trust Links Charity from April 2025. Learn more: abetterstartsouthend.co.uk/families-growi… #ABetterStartSouthend #TrustLinks #BeyondABSS

From 31.03.25, ABSS funding of the Bump to Breast service will end, due to ABSS grant end (last session will be 28.03.25). Southend YMCA will offer a reduced service from April 2025 under a new name. Learn more: abetterstartsouthend.co.uk/breastfeedings… Southend-on-Sea City Council City Family #BeyondABSS

We have been working with organisations that provide our services to make sure families can access similar support wherever possible, looking for any possible gaps & guiding families to other similar support. ow.ly/nfjP50UUREO #ABetterStartSouthend #BeyondABSS

#ABSS funding of #TinyTotsTime has ended and the Ironworks building is closed. The Ironworks team are working with new partners; from 22.01.25–02.04.25, families can access the sessions at the Southend Victoria Shopping Centre: ow.ly/LFli50VeJqZ City Family #BeyondABSS

From 31.03.25, SAVS' work with ABSS will end, due to the end of the ABSS grant. This includes the Parent Champion programme. A new pilot project will be developed between SAVS and Southend-on-Sea City Council . Learn more: abetterstartsouthend.co.uk/co-production/ #BeyondABSS

From 1/4/25, the IDVA service will be available to support families at risk of domestic abuse from #SafeSteps. Learning from ABSS, EYIDVA will influence services of the future. abetterstartsouthend.co.uk/idva-projects/ @EssexSafe City Family #ABSS #BeyondABSS

Our last monthly newsletter will be sent out tomorrow! We have lots to share including future newsletter options from April. Stay tuned though as we will share updates about ABSS impact up until the end of July. City Family #ABetterStartSouthend #BeyondABSS

ABSS funding of #BuildABondThroughPlay workshops has now ended. Learning from this pilot project will be shared to relevant partners to support their work with families in the future. Learn more: abetterstartsouthend.co.uk/little-minds-m… #ABetterStartSouthend #BeyondABSS

Little Love Baby Bank, run by The One Love Project - Southend and YourFamily, is now closed. Items will still be available to families during One Love Project’s regular food bank & families will continue to access support from YourFamily Learn more: abetterstartsouthend.co.uk/one-love-littl… #ABSS #BeyondABSS

ABSS will continue funding Chaos & Calm until 31.03.25, in preparation for the ABSS grant end. The same service will continue with alternative funding sources beyond this date. Learn more here: abetterstartsouthend.co.uk/chaos-calm/ Southend-on-Sea City Council City Family #ChaosAndCalm #BeyondABSS

From 28.02.25, ABSS funding of Yoga4all: Pregnancy, Mother and Baby, and Parent and Toddler Yoga will end, in preparation for the ABSS grant end. Learn more: abetterstartsouthend.co.uk/yoga4all-pregn… City Family SAVS #Yoga4all #BeyondABSS

From 01.04.25, the Welcome to the UK: Friendship Fridays service will not be funded by ABSS. However, #WelcomeToTheUK will continue to offer this support. Learn more: abetterstartsouthend.co.uk/welcome-to-the… City Family SAVS #ABetterStartSouthend #BeyondABSS

From 31st March 2025, ABSS funding of Cake Club’s Nappy and Slings Support service will end, due to the end of the ABSS grant. Learn more about future support here: abetterstartsouthend.co.uk/cloth-nappy-wo… City Family SAVS #BeyondABSS

Join us on Monday at 5pm at The Big Screen outside Focal Point Gallery, Elmer Square, Southend! We're premiering some short films demonstrating the impact of ABSS services on families. The films will be showing daily between 10-11am and 5-6pm. SAVS City Family

Find ABSS evaluation, reports, Community Voices and Stories of Impact vlogs featuring service users in our new Knowledge Hub: abetterstartsouthend.co.uk/research-knowl… Learning resource packs in the Learning Zone are also available #ABetterStartSouthend #ABSSStoriesofImpact City Family