Overview

• Princess Kate's Royal Foundation Business Taskforce for Early Childhood has driven UK businesses to adopt family-friendly initiatives, with a focus on the first five years of life.
• Deloitte now offers six months of fully paid parental leave for both mothers and fathers, setting a precedent for workplace policy reform.
• LEGO donated thousands of 'Build Me Emotions' kits to early years providers across the UK to foster emotional development in children.
• IKEA partnered with baby banks to provide essential items and launched a product line to support the Baby Bank Alliance, while Iceland trained 30,000 staff to better assist young families and introduced toddler meals benefiting Alder Hey Hospital.
• NatWest expanded its lending capacity for early childhood care providers to £250 million, and Co-op developed resources to enhance parents’ understanding of social-emotional development.