Penny Lancaster backs #5for5 campaign for early years care
Early childhood development, Safe pregnancy and birth, Sarah Brown
Watch the broadcaster and mother visit a children's centre to find out why early years care is so crucial to give them the best start in life.
ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï’s #5for5 campaign to give every child the best start in life is being championed by the campaigner and broadcaster Penny Lancaster.
Penny – who has two children with her husband, the singer Rod Stewart – believes that every child should have access to early years care.
She visited a children’s centre in London to see how important it is that under-fives have access to quality care – including nutrition, health, learning, play and protection.
The #5for5 campaign is raising awareness of early childhood development and urging world leaders to invest in early years care.
Penny, who is a presenter on the British TV show Loose Women, talked to ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï President Sarah Brown after her visit to Regent’s Park Children’s Centre in Camden.
Although she’s passionate about the welfare of children and the underprivileged, Penny admitted: “Even I didn’t know how important it [early years care] was until I was educated and brought up to speed – finding out that 90% of the brain growth happens up until the age of five.
Listen to Penny chat to ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï President Sarah Brown
“A lot of parents think that when children are five that’s when they go to school and start learning.”
Although early education is so crucial, a ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï report published yesterday reveals that less than 1% of all global education aid is spent on pre-primary education.Â
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