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Community Outreach Service

At Talking Together in Cambridgeshire (TTiC), we are committed to supporting every child to get the best start in life.

Our new Community Outreach Service aims to collaboratively support and develop the skills of parents with children from birth to five years, as well as those leading community groups for families with children in this age range.

The service is designed to support families and partner agencies in fostering the early communication, language, and literacy development of young children.

There are three tailored offers:

  1. Informal call.

    You can expect a friendly, collaborative call from our Early Communication and Language Adviser to explore how we can work together to support families. This includes signposting to relevant resources, training, and planning next steps.

  2. Family-facing*

    A bespoke visit shaped by Offer 1, featuring interactive book-sharing sessions, parent discussions, and activity modelling to empower families in supporting their children’s communication, language and literacy development.

  3. Partner-facing*

    Professional development opportunities for partners, with funded places on a core suite of training courses focused on supporting high-quality interactions with children:
    • Hanen’s Teacher Talk Module 1: Encouraging language development in early childhood settings.
    • Hanen’s Teacher Talk Module 2: Let language lead the way to literacy.
    • Hanen’s Teacher Talk Module 3: Fostering peer interaction in early childhood settings.
    • Introduction to Making it REAL and linked network meetings.
    • Speech and Language UK’s Early Talk: Supporting communication and language.
    • Talking Tennis: Building on our interactions with young children.

*Eligibility criteria

The Community Outreach Service is available to:

  • Cambridgeshire early years community groups, supporting families with children from birth to five, that are constituted as charities, community, or voluntary organisations. Support will be prioritised for these groups, in line with identified target areas.
  • Cambridgeshire Libraries, family-facing staff.
  • Cambridgeshire Child and Family Centres, family-facing staff.

Please note:

  • Participation in each course is limited to one delegate per group, library, or Child and Family Centre, who will be expected to take the lead in disseminating and sharing the training within their setting.
  • TTiC will prioritise places for groups located in identified target reach areas.
  • TTiC will further prioritise support for community groups, as defined above.
  • If you are an early years practitioner, including a registered childminder, we will support you with identifying a course most relevant to your identified need.

To request a recording of the Community Outreach Service launch event, held on Monday, 18 August 2025, or for more information, please contact helen.wootton@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.