Our Mission Statement

The Early Childhood Project believes that all children have the right to develop in a positive environment free from prejudice and discrimination. The Project, a registered charity, works positively to combat bias of every kind in co-operation with others across Brighton and Hove. The Early Childhood Project provides information, resources and support to all those people involved in young children’s play, care and education at work and at home.

Our Aims

• To provide a Toy Library service to existing Early Childhood Project Members and to develop the scheme to include more families and  voluntary, statutory and private sector organisations wishing to ensure that anti-bias equal opportunity awareness and childrens’ rights is a port of their work.
• To enable families and workers to become familiar with our carefully chosen resources and learn how best to use them, thus becoming more confident and beginning to recognise an awareness of their own needs, and to help them develop good practice and work towards establishing anti-bias and equal opportunities in everyday work and life.
• To enable groups to access resources that reflect all people, all children in a positive way, irrespective of race, disability, marital status, age, sex, social class, religion or differences in family lifestyle and culture.
• To provide advice, support and information throughout the local Neighbourhood Networks in Brighton and Hove, the early years development and childcare partnership, Sure start and other community initiatives.
• To provide support, information, resources and anti-bias training to childminders, other workers and professionals working in early years play, care and education and to work co-operatively with their support networks and colleagues.
• To remain aware and responsive to political and social changes within our areas of work, as they arise, locally and nationally.
• To develop partnerships and work co-operatively with people both employed and working voluntarily with children, in order to share knowledge, understanding, skills and expertise.

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