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RSPH Health & Wellbeing Awards - Community Health Development Finalist

 LEAP Lambeth 

 

The Covid-19 pandemic exacerbated the stress involved in parenting infants. Parents lacked normal postnatal face-to-face professional and social support due to social distancing restrictions, presenting a barrier to meeting families’ needs. Lambeth Early Action Partnership (LEAP) partially filled this gap by providing a postnatal meals service to families with new babies in Lambeth, London.

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An innovative and community-based intervention that supported the health and support needs of families with babies and young children in Lambeth during COVID-19. There is strong engagement from the community and the evidence suggest that it promoted local collaborations and partnerships which included local business, volunteers and the families who benefited

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"This has been an invaluable service. Apart from easing pressure at a time when I needed it the most (having a new-born and a toddler) it has felt like a community, been supportive and given me the skills and knowledge to cook and eat healthier meals for me and my family.

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The Community Health Development Award is made possible by the support of our sponsor Future Fit.

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