In the next of our A Fair Start? blog series, Cat Keene, director of services for the charity Trelya, based in Penzance, writes about how early intervention is transforming lives.
West Cornwall is one of the most economically deprived and under resourced communities in England. As a result of a systemic infrastructure failure to meet the needs of the families who live here, day to day life can be full of struggle and inequity.
Such levels of social, economic and resource deprivation means that unfortunately we see for ourselves the generational transmission of many challenges, including negative experiences of early education. We know that such difficulties early in life cast a long shadow over children as they grow which often remains with them for the rest of their lives.
