Bure Valley Bump Start, based in Marsham and Buxton, will work with midwives and healthcare workers to provide essential items for those referred to the scheme.

Each mother will receive a moses basket filled with baby grows, towels, bedding, nappies and toiletries.

Pam Sizer, community midwifery matron, said: "There is real deprivation in our area, in small pockets.

"It is really encouraging to see Bure Valley Bump Start........

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