Wandworth Local Health and Care Plan - October 2019

21 Our work - Start Well Priorities to deliver our Start Well themes 4. Challenge violence, abuse and exploitation against children and young people in the home, community, online and at school, working together to target our resources and minimise harm. Start Well Themes Children and Young People’s Mental Health Risky Behaviours Childhood Obesity Children who need additional support 1. Invest in developing children’s resilience from early childhood through all key stages and into early adulthood. 6. Work in new and creative ways to empower children looked after, children known to children’s social care and children with SEND and complex needs, supporting them to be happy and healthy. 2. Invest in evidence based mental health services based on the needs of children and young people in Wandsworth. 5. Address childhood obesity by applying research about what works and using our collective resources to ensure we are all working together and taking an evidence based approach. 3. Make Wandsworth a place where children and young people are supported to make healthy choices, form good relationships, have a clear sense of their own identity and feel they belong.