Opinion

‘Helping parents to do the little things that make a big difference’

Liz Ersoy explains how an innovative online training programme is supporting early years practitioners to work effectively with parents and carers to ensure they give their children all the positive support they need.
Liz Ersoy: 'The training equips practitioners to give parents practical strategies'.
Liz Ersoy: 'The training equips practitioners to give parents practical strategies'.

Peeple is a charity that supports parents and children to learn together – to help all parents to give their children the best start in life and to narrow the gap in attainment between children from rich and poor backgrounds. We do this by developing interventions, including the Peep Learning Together Programme, by training practitioners and by delivering frontline services to families in our local area of Oxford.

In the 25 years since we began, Sure Start has come and gone and, although the research underpinning our work has been consolidated, the inequalities which led to Peeple being established have grown. Since March 2020 they have been further amplified by the Covid pandemic.

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