Barnado's will use £398,966 to develop plans to expand the range of professionals available to families. Community hubs will be created and existing facilities will be refurbished and upgraded. There are also plans to increase breastfeeding rates above the national average. Parents were consulted in May 2013 through sessions in children's centres which highlighted problems faced by parents around nutrition, affordable healthy food, lack of tools for parents to support children's communication and language.
