22 January 2021 BAME) communities or deprived areas The 19 projects will help to promote nutrition, learning, language development and mental health during pregnancy and post-birth The fund will support the government’s pledge to level up communities and reduce health inequalities The winners of a new multi-million pound fund to reduce health inequalities among new mothers and babies have been announced. The Health and Wellbeing Fund, based on the theme of ‘starting well’, will help charities run and expand projects to: boost mental health for new and expectant mothers improve the development of babies and children give people the best chance for a healthy start by preventing obesity and diabetes