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		Date Activity 8380.47 Grant 2000 Event Stall 50 2050 25/10 HD Freelance 427 31/10 SS WIX (Website Cost) 111.75 31/10 SS WIX (Email Cost) 66.62 31/10 VAL Job advert 72 17/11 HD Freelance 420 28/11 First Aid Trainer 94 28/11 D Wilton Face Painitng 150 28/11 LP Expenses 63.63 28/11 Photography 200 5/12 HD Freelance 738.5 5/12 Sam Robi 20.47 5/12 BoomChikkaBoom 160 09/01 Story Plus 810 10/1 HD Freelance 329 7/2 Lucy Kinsey Parking 6.3 7/2 HD Freelance 532 6/3 HD Freelance 392 4593.27 Balance end of March 2023 £5837.20	Date Activity 8380.47 Grant 2000 Event Stall 50 2050 25/10 HD Freelance 427 31/10 SS WIX (Website Cost) 111.75 31/10 SS WIX (Email Cost) 66.62 31/10 VAL Job advert 72 17/11 HD Freelance 420 28/11 First Aid Trainer 94 28/11 D Wilton Face Painitng 150 28/11 LP Expenses 63.63 28/11 Photography 200 5/12 HD Freelance 738.5 5/12 Sam Robi 20.47 5/12 BoomChikkaBoom 160 09/01 Story Plus 810 10/1 HD Freelance 329 7/2 Lucy Kinsey Parking 6.3 7/2 HD Freelance 532 6/3 HD Freelance 392 4593.27 Balance end of March 2023 £5837.20	Date Activity 8380.47 Grant 2000 Event Stall 50 2050 25/10 HD Freelance 427 31/10 SS WIX (Website Cost) 111.75 31/10 SS WIX (Email Cost) 66.62 31/10 VAL Job advert 72 17/11 HD Freelance 420 28/11 First Aid Trainer 94 28/11 D Wilton Face Painitng 150 28/11 LP Expenses 63.63 28/11 Photography 200 5/12 HD Freelance 738.5 5/12 Sam Robi 20.47 5/12 BoomChikkaBoom 160 09/01 Story Plus 810 10/1 HD Freelance 329 7/2 Lucy Kinsey Parking 6.3 7/2 HD Freelance 532 6/3 HD Freelance 392 4593.27 Balance end of March 2023 £5837.20
	Balance brought forward	Date	Activity	8380.47
	Income
	Sir George Trust		Grant	2000
	MacClean Photo		Event Stall	50
				2050
	Expenditure
		25/10	HD Freelance	427
		31/10	SS WIX (Website Cost)	111.75
		31/10	SS WIX (Email Cost)	66.62
		31/10	VAL Job advert	72
		17/11	HD Freelance	420
		28/11	First Aid Trainer	94
		28/11	D Wilton Face Painitng	150
		28/11	LP Expenses	63.63
		28/11	Photography	200
		5/12	HD Freelance	738.5
		5/12	Sam Robi	20.47
		5/12	BoomChikkaBoom	160
		09/01	Story Plus	810
		10/1	HD Freelance	329
		7/2	Lucy Kinsey Parking	6.3
		7/2	HD Freelance	532
		6/3	HD Freelance	392
				4593.27
		Balance end of March 2023		£5837.20

2022 – 2023

STAFF & VOLUNTEERS:

Freelance Officer – 1 freelance officer contract for 6 months (part time) Number of Trustees – 4 remaining, 1 retired Number of Volunteers – 5 / 6 Volunteers

MEETINGS:

3 meetings with trustees, key volunteers and partners

• 1 meeting to share best practice nationally with trustees as Baby Week is now being celebrated across the UK

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Lets Go National Fi hot is 8oby Owdo e it? BA ww.babyweek.co. uk

• Baby Week is inspired and adapted from Semana do Bebe in Brazil (2010 UNICEF) by Lucy Potter during her fellowship.

• Decentralised approach with grassroots organisations and a week to amplify priorities and services.

• 2015 - Pitched idea to Head of Services in Leeds, they loved it! The idea was to use it as a platform to promote The Best Start Plan and promote the 1001 critical days and really engage with parents / carers and celebrate services!

• 2016 - Baby Week Leeds launched in the UK in 2016 by Lucy Potter, Sadiya Salim, Sally Goodwin-Mills, Debra Gedge, John May, and several colleagues from across sectors.

• 2018 - Baby Week UK became a Registered Charity (CIO -1178324)

• 2019 - we were nominated and came in second place as charity of the year by The British Journal of Midwifery Practice Awards (BJM)

BABY WEEK IS A REGISTERED CHARITY WITH FOUR KEY AIMS

1 2 3 4 Raising awareness Encouraging and of, and engagement promoting the with the relevant messages around how local strategies and to improve outcomes the wider evidenceduring pregnancy and base for early for the first two years intervention among of life among professionals, professionals, families life. families and the and the public. public.

Increasing awareness of, and access to, supportive services including early start centres and antenatal education, for parents, parents-tobe and wider family members.

Celebrating success and good practice, in relation to supporting all children to have the best start in life.

It all starts with a baby step…

• Baby Week established in 2016 in Leeds, is now on a National

• journey as a registered charity in the UK. It aims to bring sectors & services together to promote the best start in life. By celebrating services and raising awareness about the importance of early childhood, Baby Week aims to make UK the best place to grow up in.

• Each city/ region hosting the week has the opportunity to celebrate,

• collaborate and share the work of maternity and early years services, helping to raise awareness of the critical developmental growth stages and a real focus on the first 5 years of life.

• Since 2016, hundreds of citywide events have been held with

• thousands of attendees including parents, expectant parents, practitioners and professionals , and of course babies!

• In 2023, Princess Catherine visited Leeds to launch her 'Shaping Us'

• campaign and met with our operational lead. The campaign all around raising awareness of the importance of early childhood was by the Royal Foundation's Centre for Early Childhood and featured Baby Week and Child Friendly Leeds as good practice.

• Best Start - 2016

• Creating Relationships – 2017

• Better Conversations - 2018

• Making Connections – 2019

• Stay Safe, Stay Connected – 2020

• Strengths and Struggles – 2021

• Back to Basics – 2022

• Culture and Identity - 2023

“The session was great…I got some good feedback and a new customer from it so it was definitely worth doing. – Baby Yoga Class

“I have found out about places to visit in Leeds that I didn’t know about, this is a really good idea as I don’t know Leeds very well and now I can take my kids” - Parent

“ Great day! I feel like I have learnt so much and can absolutely use my learning from today to information my practice as a social worker .”

“Connective, Inspirational, Informative, thought proviking, very refreshing and insightful discussion, Stimulating, Fantastic!”

Happy to be involved! November we had 94 attending Tiny Tigers and sensory room. We normally get around 30 children, so that was an increase. - City Museum

Well Done Baby Week Lucy/Sadiya and all the people who have been involved and helped people stay connected and supported.” – Women’s Aid

“Thoroughly enjoyed my afternoon at the launch of BW, some incredibly inspiring speakers and the exciting new app, cannot wait to give it a try on our H & Mummy days - Parent

Recap of the last few years! FIRST EVER BABY WEEK LEEDS 2016 - LAUNCHED BEST START PLAN

Recap of the last few years! LAUNCH BABY BOX SCHEME & FAMILY INTEGRATED CARE SCHEME LGI

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Recap of the last few years! LAUNCHING 50 THINGS TO DO BEFORE 5’ APP

Baby Week Leeds met it's first partner – Bradford and they had a fantastic launch!

2018

Recap of the last few years!

LAUNCHING FACEMUMS & TREE PLANTING INITIATIVES

Baby Week Leeds met it's second partner – Cheshire and Merseyside!

2019

Recap of the last few years! PANDEMIC – VIRTUAL CAMPAIGNS: DEAR FUTURE YOU & BABY WEEK FOREST

2020

Recap of the last few years! LAUNCHING THE NEW WEBSITE & PROMOTING LIBRARIES WITH FREE BOOK PACKS

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2021
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Recap of the last few years! LAUNCHING OUR 5 YEAR REPORT & CELEBRATING WORLD CHILDREN'S DAY AS FIRST EVER BABY WEEK LEEDS 2016 - LAUNCHED BEST START PLAN OUR CLOSING EVENT!

2022

So what does a 'Baby Week' look like?

Events & Campaigns can be aimed at everyone or specific target audiences.

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Thousands of attendees
during the week!
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• 1100 attended the closing party at The Tetley

• 120 professionals, parents, and babies attended the opening event at Leeds Civic Hall

• 130 adults and 110 children at Little Seedlings sensory play session across the day of the closing party celebrated on World Children's Day

• 600 attended events at Libraries

• BoomChikkaBoom had hundreds of families book on to their baby rave throughout the week

• Many more have attended events but did not complete feedback forms

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126 events were promoted and
took place across the week
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• 9 workshops: (e.g. 2x First Aid, Starting Solids, HENRY Parenting Programme, Potty training, Safety First)

• 12 sessions based on movement/gymnastics/exercise/yoga

• 13 music sessions

• 29 stay and play sessions

• 4 antenatal classes

• 5 outdoor/nature sessions

• 9 sensory play sessions

• 7 pregnancy-focused sessions

• 4 feeding support sessions

• Over 50 events in children centres and libraries across the city

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Several workshops and webinars
took place and topics included:
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• How to Talk to a Parent About Their Drug & Alcohol Use,

• Early Relationships Matter,

• Pregnancy in Mind – NSPCC Information & Taster Session,

• The Role of the Domestic Violence & Abuse Coordinators in the Early Help Hubs,

• Reducing Parental Conflict and Q&A Session

• Well-being and mental health

• Support services in the city

• Baby Buddy App & Resources for parents / carers

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Promoting Leeds Libraries Story
Time with over 30 events!
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• 30 sessions at libraries across Leeds - attended by 661 people

• Promoting the ready steady readers programme

• 194 attended the Leeds Libraries story bus at the closing party

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• 400 free BookStart packs given out across the week

"Lots of information there, on a personal level I loved the ICU ward nurses stall where I was able to thank them for their service. You don't really hear about them unless you have to access their work. It was nice to see them there, so they were able to discuss and tell people about their service. It makes it all less scary when in the process if you have background knowledge." "Finding out about all the wonderful activities to do with your baby, especially heuristic play"

"Being able to talk about how you're feeling and getting that support when you're a new mum."

"First chance to get my baby out and meet other babies and mums, everyone welcoming and helped us with our own anxieties"

"Soo many mums to talk to, would not have gone if it weren’t for the baby week timetable I didn’t even know there was a stay a play session. Baby week has made me more confident in coming to sessions now. I’ve booked others too. Kids loved them as well which was the best part."

"We enjoyed the opening event, very interesting to hear the speakers and talk with parents/carers and other agencies attending. It was well organised. Baby Week is an asset for the city."

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"really interesting speakers, the atmosphere with babies and mums, the stalls"

The first Baby Champion – Ayrton

A baby champion came from Brazil where they had baby mayors. A way to have a baby champion to see how well services across the city are working and the child's growth and development.

It also gives the parent to champion the voice and have their views heard in planning Baby Week.

Ayrton and mum Leila– named after Ayrton Senna

In 2017 at City Museum Café! And 2020 via Zoom

Baby Week Forest

• At the end of Baby Week 2019 White Rose Shopping Centre with Nurture helped us plant 187 – babies born in Baby Wee 2019!

• Vision: To plant a tree for every baby born annually in Leeds (around 10k) Working with Child Friendly Leeds & The Parks team

• Between 2020 – 2021, we planned to plant a tree for every baby born but the pandemic hit. Therefore colleagues in the parks and countryside team planted a woodland of around 4000 trees in Leeds and promised to plant all others allocated for the Baby Week Forest throughout the year.

• We hope to plant many more trees and encourage parents, carers and professionals to get involved in the planting initiative.

• Easier to submit an event

• Events auto generated

• Displayed with filters

• Q&A Forms

• Resources

• Blogs shared by services

https://babyweek.co.uk/

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The 'recipe' to a successful Baby Week!

1. Baby Week has four key aims as a charity, so include this when making ambitious plans and shaping events

2. We want each city / region getting involved to shape it to their cities culture, priorities and challenges

3. It's all about connections and communities. Baby Week's idea from Brazil was based on a grass roots movement so ensure promotion and community / parent involve helps shape your week

4. Ensure you have a strong partnership and get strategic support from all sectors

5. Try to aim for one opening & closing event for all audiences, a learning event for professionals to share best practice and bring sectors together

6. Encourage the city to get on board to help run events and aim to keep them free and low cost

7. Choose a theme or work with national partners to give your Baby Week a focus and to amplify that area linked to maternity, early years, health and education

8. It's not about quantity, it's all about quality and event's that are meaningful

9. Enable opportunities for feedback and evaluations, so we can constantly improve

10. Enjoy it! It's all about having fun in the process, working on gaps in provision, learning and of course 'it all starts with a baby step'

ISUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GQALS LEEDS (IEAMKITEI ((( 10 11 12 13 16 17 DEVELOPMENT GfiALS

Some of our priority areas based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals

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Goal 1 of 17: No Poverty.

We want to help all families to give their babies the best start in life by tackling poverty and by promoting the Child Poverty Strategy, Leeds Baby Bank & work with resettlement families.

2 3 Goal 10 of 17: Reduced Inequalities. We will work hard to reduce health and education inequalities in Leeds linked to socioeconomic background, race, religion and disability.

Goal 3 of 17: Good Health and Wellbeing. We aim to ensure that all babies have a healthy start in life and maintain a good standard of health and wellbeing in their formative years.

5 4 Goal 11 of 17: Sustainable Cities and Communities. eco-friendly We want to make all strategies that communities inclusive, safe, resilient and have and the equal and easy environment. access to services and engage with . opportunities

Goal 13 of 17: Climate Action. We aim to facilitate eco-friendly strategies that benefit families, the local community and the environment. Education around breastfeeding to practical tips and tree planting.

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Thank you for joining us!

Baby Week is ready to go national and we can't wait to have you on this journey!

We have a report to be shared very soon, our toolkit and experience to help make it a national awareness week to promote the best start! www.babyweek.co.uk [e-mail]

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