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| Helping children and young people who might be very sad or depressed or have emotional or mental health problems. | - Not having anyone to talk to.
- Getting the right support early, for example to support children and young people at risk of self harming, feeling suicidal, overdosing.
- Supporting families of children and young people with emotional and mental health problems.
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| Providing babies and young children with a healthy start in life. | - Pre-natal and post-natal care.
- Information and support for expectant mothers to stop smoking in pregnancy.
- Information and support for expectant and new mothers to breast feed their babies.
- Increasing the number of young children receiving the MMR vaccination.
- Healthy eating for toddlers.
- Supporting early child development.
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| Making sure children and young people are safe in their own home, school and in the area where they live. | - Preventing accidents, including road safety (in cars, on bikes, and safe walking).
- Reducing hospital admissions for children and young people (including falls at home and other places).
- Having safe places to play.
- Being safe in the home.
- Children and young people being safe and feeling safe in the area where they live.
- Reducing bullying.
- Preventing neglect and abuse.
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| Helping children in primary schools to achieve the best they can. | - Identifying the need for support early.
- Providing extra help if needed.
- Recognising the importance of parents’ involvement in their child’s education.
- Raising expectations and boosting confidence of primary aged children to reach their full potential.
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| Provide help for teenagers experiencing problems - such as young people who take too many risks, which can hurt themselves or others. | - Reducing disengagement and disaffection.
- Preventing substance misuse (alcohol and drugs).
- Reducing teenage pregnancies.
- Reducing absenteeism/exclusions from school.
- Providing activities that children and young people want to do/would they attend if such activities were put on?
- Being able to get to things that children and young people want to do.
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| Provide help for children and young people who might be at risk of being homeless or who live unsuitable in housing. | - Families living in decent and suitable housing.
- Having a quiet place to do homework.
- Preventing young people from becoming homeless.
- Providing suitable accommodation for young people leaving care and for young offenders.
- Support for homeless young people/sofa surfers (young people who stay with friends and move on).
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| Helping families who are poor. | - Having enough money to meet a child’s basic needs (food, clothes, school uniform etc).
- Improving health and educational opportunities for children and young people from deprived backgrounds.
- Raising aspirations and expectations for children in poverty, so that they know more about what opportunities there could be for their future and encouraging them to feel they can achieve what they want to in life.
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