The Good Start Challenge: Innovating for Parents and Caregivers Worldwide
Parents and caregivers are the most important people in a child’s early life—but too often, their own wellbeing goes unseen and unsupported.
With the Good Start Challenge, we’re hosting a global conversation on why parental wellbeing matters—and how innovation can help. This session will bring together innovators, community leaders, funders, and ecosystem actors from across sectors and regions.
Together, we’ll explore:
Why investing in parental wellbeing is essential
Where new ideas and solutions are most needed
How innovators and enablers globally can engage with the Good Start Challenge
Whether you’re already working to support parents—or exploring how your work could apply—this event is an opportunity to connect, share, and spark ideas around driving positive change for caregivers of young children.
Who Should Join?
Innovators: From grassroots organizations, startups, SMEs, and social enterprises
Community leaders and caregivers, especially from underrepresented and underserved areas
Actors from adjacent sectors: Health, mental health, livelihoods, urban planning, gender equity, and more
Funders, policymakers, NGOs, and ecosystem enablers interested in advancing local innovation and wellbeing solutions
We especially encourage participation from women, youth, rural communities, and those not typically engaged in global innovation spaces.
About the Good Start Challenge
Initiated by The Van Leer Foundation, co-funded by FEMSA Foundation, Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal, and LEGO Foundation, and delivered by Challenge Works, the Good Start Challenge is a global challenge to advance innovative solutions to promote the wellbeing of parents and other primary caregivers of children aged 0-6 years living in underserved communities and disadvantaged circumstances.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3G9Q30P
About The Bloom
The Bloom is the world’s go-to platform for social impact careers. In just three years, its newsletter, learning platform, and events have brought together a global community of over 40,000 impact leaders seeking meaningful connections, economic growth, and knowledge sharing. The Bloom exists to ensure that access to social impact careers is no longer a “network privilege”—but a reality for changemakers everywhere, regardless of background or socioeconomic status.
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