{"id":370,"date":"2025-01-27T13:20:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T13:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/creatingtheconditions\/?page_id=370"},"modified":"2026-03-16T14:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:56:17","slug":"national-early-language-and-communication-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/creatingtheconditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>National Early Language and Communication (NELC) Project<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The National Early Language and Communication (NELC) project is funded by Scottish Government and hosted within NHS Education for Scotland (NES).<\/p>\n<p>The project aims to increase collaboration and multi-agency working with a focus on prevention of speech, language and communication (SLC) needs from pre-birth. The vision is to improve support for all children in Scotland to promote early SLC development, ultimately resulting in improved outcomes and a reduction of the poverty related gap in SLC concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The NELC project has been a catalyst for the development of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/binaries\/content\/documents\/govscot\/publications\/strategy-plan\/2025\/12\/speech-language-communication-action-plan\/documents\/early-years-speech-language-communication-action-plan\/early-years-speech-language-communication-action-plan\/govscot%3Adocument\/early-years-speech-language-communication-action-plan.pdf\">National Early Years SLC Action Plan<\/a>. \u00a0The team has worked alongside Scottish Government to shape the content and structure of the plan which was launched in December 2025.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-735 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/creatingtheconditions\/uploads\/sites\/10667\/2026\/01\/06130547\/Designer-2-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/creatingtheconditions\/uploads\/sites\/10667\/2026\/01\/06130547\/Designer-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/creatingtheconditions\/uploads\/sites\/10667\/2026\/01\/06130547\/Designer-2-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/creatingtheconditions\/uploads\/sites\/10667\/2026\/01\/06130547\/Designer-2-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/creatingtheconditions\/uploads\/sites\/10667\/2026\/01\/06130547\/Designer-2.png 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Explore NELC Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>You can watch a short walkthrough of how to navigate this GlowBlogs site <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1172505395\/d828fead20?share=copy&amp;fl=sv&amp;fe=ci\">here<\/a>, or use the tabs at the top to explore the content.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-746 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/creatingtheconditions\/uploads\/sites\/10667\/2026\/01\/06134122\/Designer-4-e1767706952682-1024x319.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/creatingtheconditions\/uploads\/sites\/10667\/2026\/01\/06134122\/Designer-4-e1767706952682-1024x319.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/creatingtheconditions\/uploads\/sites\/10667\/2026\/01\/06134122\/Designer-4-e1767706952682-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/creatingtheconditions\/uploads\/sites\/10667\/2026\/01\/06134122\/Designer-4-e1767706952682-768x240.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/creatingtheconditions\/uploads\/sites\/10667\/2026\/01\/06134122\/Designer-4-e1767706952682.png 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Early Language and Communication (NELC) Project &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Introduction The National Early Language and Communication (NELC) project is funded by Scottish Government and hosted within NHS Education for Scotland (NES). The project aims to increase collaboration and multi-agency working with a focus on prevention of speech, language and communication (SLC) needs from pre-birth. 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