Ellie C
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Ellie C
@ellieonsea.bsky.social
Head of Mission Comms at Nesta, working on health & obesity, early years + sustainability.
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Today, we’re launching a high-level blueprint for how the new family hubs programme can most effectively deliver support for all children and families in desperate need of it. bit.ly/4kBObMC
July 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Great to see @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social announce a new healthy food standard.

Nesta first set out this policy in 2024 and we are very pleased to welcome it today.

Read more in @theobserveruk.bsky.social with @rachelsylvester.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Supermarkets to get healthy eating targets under governme...
Wes Streeting says retailers can help nudge people in right direction and drive ‘transformational’ change
observer.co.uk
June 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Great new LinkedIn newsletter from my colleague @mary-aliced.bsky.social, Principal Researcher @nestauk.bsky.social
Subscribe for a handy monthly round-up of research and innovation relating to early years inequality www.linkedin.com/newsletters/...
Early years research collage | LinkedIn
Mary-Alice Doyle | An aspirationally-monthly research update on early childhood development, family support, financial security, and ECEC.
www.linkedin.com
June 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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4 years ago we launched Fairer Start Local – an innovation partnership with local authorities to test & scale new ideas for supporting early childhood development.

Our new report explores the findings from the programme and lessons on how to innovate in the early years. bit.ly/4jvjqsD
April 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Over the last 30 years, obesity levels have doubled while politicians on all sides have tried and mostly failed to get a grip on the problem.

Too often obesity reduction policies were abandoned, derailed, watered down or lost in the system. What went wrong? www.nesta.org.uk/report/nouri...
Nourishing Britain: a political manual for improving the nation’s health
Henry Dimbleby and Dr Dolly van Tulleken draw on interviews with former prime ministers and other key figures to offer practical advice and insights on how today’s politicians can tackle the UK’s obes...
www.nesta.org.uk
November 25, 2024 at 8:49 AM
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New analysis: it is possible and affordable to halve obesity by the end of the decade, if governments implement the most effective high impact, low cost solutions.

Today we launch Nesta's blueprint for halving obesity: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11...
Deliveroo and UberEats face ban on junk food ads amid crackdown on obesity
Raft of policy proposals aim to halve obesity in the next five years including a ban on offers and healthy food targets for supermarkets
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 3, 2024 at 9:44 AM
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This autumn, we’re at the Labour & Conservative Party conferences hosting roundtables, receptions & panels on improving early years education, health and decarbonisation.

If you’re attending, make sure to join us – here's what we’ve got coming up ⬇️ www.nesta.org.uk/nesta-at-the...
Nesta at the party conferences 2024
Nesta at this year’s Labour and Conservative Party conferences
www.nesta.org.uk
September 2, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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New long read from food historian Pen Vogler looking at food trends from the 1990s to now and how our diets have changed 🍿🍪🍭🥗

Includes a deep dive into the rise of the snack and how takeaways became a treat: bit.ly/3SUUCPY
Consuming history: three decades of change in how and what we eat
Guest author and food historian Pen Vogler shares 10 ways in which the food most readily available to us now is so much unhealthier than it was three decades ago
bit.ly
August 21, 2024 at 2:25 PM
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We're hosting a big policy conference in Westminster on 12 September - Policy Live. @nestauk.bsky.social and BIT.
A fab day of sessions on major policy challenges, mission driven methods, etc. Agenda and sign-up details here!
www.eventsforce.net/nesta/272/ag...
Policy Live - Homepage
www.eventsforce.net
August 27, 2024 at 4:10 PM