Our Start for Life offer provides support to parents and carers from a child’s conception until their second birthday.

This is a critical time in your child’s development and a time of significant change within a family's life. There is a wide range of universal, targeted and specialist services to support you and your child.

Start for Life

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Midwifery and care during your pregnancy

NHS care during your pregnancy from Guys and St Thomas hospital, when you’re giving birth and after your baby is born if you live in postcodes SE24, SE27 and SW12.

Guys and St Thomas care

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Midwifery and care during pregnancy

NHS care during your pregnancy from Kings College Hospital, when you’re giving birth and after your baby is born if you live in postcodes SW2, SW4, SW8, SW9, SW16, SE1, SE5, SE11, SE19, SE21, SE24 and SE27.

Kings College Hospital care

Infant-feeding advice and specialist breastfeeding support

Breastfeeding support groups in Lambeth

Birth registration

How to register your baby’s birth

Safeguarding

Lambeth Safeguarding Children Partnership

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Services relating to special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)

Lambeth’s SEND Local Offer of services for 0-25 year olds

SEND Local Offer

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Parenting support

The Parenting Support Service offers a range of group-based parenting courses for families

Healthy start voucher scheme

Get help to buy food and milk

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Parent infant relationship support

Ways you can support babies and young children with their feelings

Speech and language therapy

Specialist advice, assessment and help for children and young people

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Parental mental health support

Support for mums and families during pregnancy and after birth

Better Start Children's Centres

Activities, help and support for children and their families

Health visiting

Community health visiting services for families who have children under the age of five years old